Proverbs 30:24-31

The Words of Agur

24 k Four things on earth are small,
but they are exceedingly wise:
 25 x the ants are a people not strong,
yet they provide their food in the summer;
 26 y the rock badgers are a people not mighty,
yet they make their homes in the cliffs;
 27 the locusts have no z king,
yet all of them march in a rank;
 28 the lizard you can take in your hands,
yet it is in kings' palaces.

29 b Three things are stately in their tread;
b four are stately in their stride:
 30 the lion, which is mightiest among beasts
and c does not turn back before any;
 31 the d strutting rooster, 1 the he-goat,
and a king whose army is with him. 2

  1. Cross References
    Proverbs 30:15
    The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, "Enough":
  2. Cross References
    Proverbs 6:6 - 8
    Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:5
    And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you.
    Psalms 104:18
    The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
  4. Cross References
    Proverbs 6:7
    Without having any chief, officer, or ruler.
  5. Cross References
    Joel 2:7 - 8
    Like warriors they charge; like soldiers they scale the wall. They march each on his way; they do not swerve from their paths.
    Joel 2:25
    I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you.
  6. Cross References
    Proverbs 30:15
    The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, "Enough":
    Proverbs 30:18
    Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand:
    Proverbs 30:21
    Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up:
    Proverbs 6:16
    There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him:
  7. Cross References
    Proverbs 30:15
    The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, "Enough":
    Proverbs 30:18
    Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand:
    Proverbs 30:21
    Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up:
    Proverbs 6:16
    There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him:
  8. Cross References
    Job 39:22
    He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; he does not turn back from the sword.
  9. Cross References
    Job 40:16
    Behold, his strength in his loins, and his power in the muscles of his belly.
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