proverbs-30:23-25-niv

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 30:18-23

Here is, I. An account of four things that are unsearchable, too wonderful to be fully known. And here, 1. The first three are natural things, and are only designed as comparisons for the illustration of the last. We cannot trace, (1.) An eagle in the air. Which way she has flown cannot be discovered either by the footstep or by the scent, as the way of a beast may upon ground; nor can we account for the wonderful swiftness of her flight, how soon she has gone beyond our ken. (2.) A serpent... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 30:24-28

I. Agur, having specified four things that seem great and yet are really contemptible, here specifies four things that are little and yet are very admirable, great in miniature, in which, as bishop Patrick observes, he teaches us several good lessons; as, 1. Not to admire bodily bulk, or beauty, or strength, nor to value persons or think the better of them for such advantages, but to judge of men by their wisdom and conduct, their industry and application to business, which are characters that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 30:23

For an odious woman , when she is married ,.... Odious for her person, her ugliness, and the deformity of her body; or rather for the ill qualities of her mind, which, while single, she endeavours to conceal, but, being married, hides them no longer; but becomes imperious, proud, scornful, and malicious, and behaves in an ill natured way to her husband and all about her, to such a degree, that there is no bearing the place where she is; and an handmaid, that is heir to her mistress ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 30:24

There be four things which are little upon the earth ,.... Small in bulk, that have little bodies, are the lesser sort of animals; but they are exceeding wise ; show a great deal of art and wisdom in what they do; or "but they are wise, made wise" F5 חכמים מחכמים "sapientia, sapientia imbuta"; Heb. "sapientificata", Piscator, Gejerus. by the instinct of nature, by the direction of Providence, by which they do things that are surprising. Some versions, that have no regard to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 30:25

The ants are a people not strong ,.... Far from it; what is weaker than an ant? a multitude of them may be destroyed at once, with the crush of a foot. Pliny calls it "minimum animal", the least animal; and the Arabians use it as a proverb, to call a weak man one weaker than an ant: and there is one sort of ants called "dsar", so small that one hundred of them will not weigh more than a barley corn F7 Bochart. Hierozoic. par. 2. l. 4. c. 22. col. 598. : they are called a people,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 30:24

There be four things - Of which it is said, they are very little but very wise. 1. The ants. 2. The rabbits. 3. The locusts. 4. The spider. The ants show their wisdom by preparing their meat in the summer, seeking for it and storing it when it may be had; not for winter consumption, for they sleep all that time; but for autumn and spring. See the note on Proverbs 6:6 ; (note). The ants are a people; they have their houses, towns, cities, public roads, etc. I have seen several of these,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:1-33

Part VII. FIRST APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION , containing "the words of Agur." A short introduction, teaching that the Word of God is the source of wisdom ( Proverbs 30:1-6 ), is followed by apothegms on different subjects ( Proverbs 30:7-33 ). Cornelius a Lapide offers the following opinion concerning this appendix, which no one can hesitate to say is well founded, if he attempts to give it a spiritual interpretation, and to discern mysteries under the literal... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:11-31

contain six groups of four sentences each, each quaternion having a certain connection in language and concinnity of idea. First ( Proverbs 30:11-14 ) come four generations that are evil—four being taken as the symbol of universality. The sins herein specified had become so general that they affected the whole generation. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:21-23

Then follows a proverb concerning four things which are intolerable, examples of incongruous associations or positions—two in the case of men, two in the case of women. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:21-23

Intolerable things I. THE EXAMPLES . 1 . The slave in authority . ( Proverbs 30:22 .) The inversion of objects is intolerable to the trained eye; things standing upside down, etc. So in social relations and in political Government belongs to the wise and the strong; the feeble in mind and the narrow in heart are emphatically the wrong men in the wrong place, in seats of power. 2 . The self-satisfied fool . His fatuous smile is a satire upon himself and upon the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 30:18-23

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 30:24-28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 30:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 30:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 30:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 30:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:1-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:11-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:21-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 30:21-23

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