Proverbs 30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 30:13

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. Above others, on whom they look with scorn and contempt; as those do who have more riches than others, and boast of them; they despise their poor neighbours, and disdain to look upon them: and such also who have more knowledge and wisdom than others, or at least think so; they are puffed up in their fleshly minds, and say of the illiterate or less knowing, as the proud Pharisees did, "this people, who... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 30:14

There is a generation whose teeth are as swords ,.... As sharp as swords; like such the beasts of prey have; cruel, barbarous, and inhuman creatures; see Psalm 57:4 ; and their jaw teeth as knives ; exceeding sharp and biting: to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men : by their tyranny, oppression, and cruelty, to deprive them of the little they have; and even to take away their lives from them, and utterly destroy them; of this disposition are all... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 30:15

The horse leech hath two daughters, crying , Give, give ,.... Or "the blood sucker" F12 לעלוקה "sanguisugae", V. L. Pagninus, Tigurine version. Mercerus, Gejerus. ; so it began to be called in the times of Pliny F13 Nat. Hist. l. 8. c. 10. , to which the last generation of men may well be compared; blood thirsty creatures, that never have enough, and are not satisfied with the flesh of men, nor with their blood; and such particularly the Papists are: and not only this... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 30:16

The grave ,.... Which is the first of the four daughters, or insatiable things, which resemble the horse leech: the grave is the house appointed for all living; it stands ready for them, it is open to receive them when dead; and though such multitudes have been put into it, since death reigned in the world, yet it is not full, it waits for more; nor will its mouth be shut till the last enemy, death, is destroyed; see Proverbs 27:20 ; This is an emblem of a covetous man, who enlarges his... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocketh at his father ,.... At his advice, admonitions, and instructions; looks upon him with scorn and disdain, and treats him as a weak, silly, old man: here Agur returns to the first generation he had observed; and despiseth to obey his mother ; her orders and commands: or, "the obedience of his mother" F19 ליקהת אם "obediantiam matris", Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Michaelis; "doctrinam", Vatablus, Tigurine... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 30:18

There be three things which are too wonderful for me ,.... Which were above his reach and comprehension; what he could not find out, nor account for, nor sufficiently admire; yea, four things which I know not ; the way of them; as follows. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 30:19

The way of an eagle in the air ,.... And so of any other bird; but this is mentioned, because it flies swiftest, and soars highest: but the way in which it goes is not known, nor can it be seen with the eye; it cuts the air, and passes through it, but leaves no track behind it which may be pointed to, and it may be said, that is the way the eagle took and flew towards heaven out of sight; the way of a serpent upon a rock ; a smooth hard rock; and wonderful it is that it should creep up... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 30:20

Such is the way of an adulterous woman ,.... It is equally unknown as the way of a man with a maid; it is difficult to detect her, she takes so much care and caution, and uses so many artful methods to conceal her wickedness from her husband; though she lives in adultery, it is in a most private manner, and carried on so secretly and artfully that she is not easily discovered; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth ; like one that eats what he should not, wipes his mouth that it might not be... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 30:21

For three things the earth is disquieted ,.... The inhabitants of it are made very uneasy; and for four which it cannot bear ; they are a load and burden upon it, and are intolerable to those that dwell on it, and make them very uncomfortable. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 30:22

For a servant, when he reigneth ,.... Being unfit for it through his education, not having been trained up in and learned the arts of government and maxims of it; and through the disposition of his mind, which is mean, abject, and servile; and as he has been used himself when a servant, so he will use others F3 "Nec bellua tetrior ulla est, quam servi rabies in libera colla furentis", Claudian. in Eutrop. l. 1. v. 183, 184. and through his circumstances, being poor, he will take... read more

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