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Selected Verse: Proverbs 30:24 - Strong Concordance

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Pr 30:24 Strong Concordance There be four [0702] things which are little [06996] upon the earth [0776], but they are exceeding [02449] wise [02450]:
  King James There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
These verses provide two classes of apt illustrations of various aspects of the moral world, which the reader is left to apply. By the first (Pro 30:25-28), diligence and providence are commended; the success of these insignificant animals being due to their instinctive sagacity and activity, rather than strength. The other class (Pro 30:30-31) provides similes for whatever is majestic or comely, uniting efficiency with gracefulness.
 
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30 A lion [03918] which is strongest [01368] among beasts [0929], and turneth not away [07725] for [06440] any;
31 A greyhound [04975] [02223]; an he goat [08495] also [0176]; and a king [04428], against whom there is no rising up [0510].
25 The ants [05244] are a people [05971] not strong [05794], yet they prepare [03559] their meat [03899] in the summer [07019];
26 The conies [08227] are but a feeble [06099] folk [05971], yet make [07760] they their houses [01004] in the rocks [05553];
27 The locusts [0697] have no king [04428], yet go they forth [03318] all of them by bands [02686];
28 The spider [08079] taketh hold [08610] with her hands [03027], and is in kings [04428]' palaces [01964].
13 But prophesy [05012] not again [03254] any more at Bethel [01008]: for it is the king's [04428] chapel [04720], and it is the king's [04467] court [01004].
9 Kings [04428]' daughters [01323] were among thy honourable women [03368]: upon thy right hand [03225] did stand [05324] the queen [07694] in gold [03800] of Ophir [0211].
25 And on all hills [02022] that shall be digged [05737] with the mattock [04576], there shall not come thither [0935] the fear [03374] of briers [08068] and thorns [07898]: but it shall be for the sending forth [04916] of oxen [07794], and for the treading [04823] of lesser cattle [07716].
23 So they shall bring out [03318] all thy wives [0802] and thy children [01121] to the Chaldeans [03778]: and thou shalt not escape out [04422] of their hand [03027], but shalt be taken [08610] by the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894]: and thou shalt cause this city [05892] to be burned [08313] with fire [0784].
7 When they took hold [08610] of thee by thy hand [03709], thou didst break [07533], and rend [01234] all their shoulder [03802]: and when they leaned [08172] upon thee, thou brakest [07665], and madest all their loins [04975] to be at a stand [05976].
16 Go thee one way or other [0258], either on [07760] the right hand [03231], or on the left [08041], whithersoever [0575] thy face [06440] is set [03259].
19 They shall call [07121] the people [05971] unto the mountain [02022]; there they shall offer [02076] sacrifices [02077] of righteousness [06664]: for they shall suck [03243] of the abundance [08228] of the seas [03220], and of treasures [08226] hid [02934] in the sand [02344].
30 And the ferret [0604], and the chameleon [03581], and the lizard [03911], and the snail [02546], and the mole [08580].
30 And the ferret [0604], and the chameleon [03581], and the lizard [03911], and the snail [02546], and the mole [08580].
4 Howbeit I sent [07971] unto you all my servants [05650] the prophets [05030], rising early [07925] and sending [07971] them, saying [0559], Oh, do [06213] not this abominable [08441] thing [01697] that I hate [08130].
28 The spider [08079] taketh hold [08610] with her hands [03027], and is in kings [04428]' palaces [01964].
7 They shall run [07323] like mighty men [01368]; they shall climb [05927] the wall [02346] like men [0582] of war [04421]; and they shall march [03212] every one [0376] on his ways [01870], and they shall not break [05670] their ranks [0734]:
7 Then Jacob [03290] was greatly [03966] afraid [03372] and distressed [03334]: and he divided [02673] the people [05971] that was with him, and the flocks [06629], and herds [01241], and the camels [01581], into two [08147] bands [04264];
27 The locusts [0697] have no king [04428], yet go they forth [03318] all of them by bands [02686];
5 And the coney [08227], because he cheweth [05927] the cud [01625], but divideth [06536] not the hoof [06541]; he is unclean [02931] unto you.
7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat [0398] of them that chew [05927] the cud [01625], or of them that divide [06536] the cloven [08156] hoof [06541]; as the camel [01581], and the hare [0768], and the coney [08227]: for they chew [05927] the cud [01625], but divide [06536] not the hoof [06541]; therefore they are unclean [02931] unto you.
5 And the coney [08227], because he cheweth [05927] the cud [01625], but divideth [06536] not the hoof [06541]; he is unclean [02931] unto you.
8 Provideth [03559] her meat [03899] in the summer [07019], and gathereth [0103] her food [03978] in the harvest [07105].
16 Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], Behold, I lay [03245] in Zion [06726] for a foundation a stone [068], a tried [0976] stone [068], a precious [03368] corner [06438] stone, a sure [03245] foundation [04143]: he that believeth [0539] shall not make haste [02363].
7 But God [0430] shall shoot [03384] at them with an arrow [02671]; suddenly [06597] shall they be wounded [04347].
9 Eat [0398] not of it raw [04995], nor sodden [01310] [01311] at all with water [04325], but roast [06748] with fire [0784]; his head [07218] with his legs [03767], and with the purtenance [07130] thereof.
6 Thou hast laid [07896] me in the lowest [08482] pit [0953], in darkness [04285], in the deeps [04688].
8 Who hath taken this counsel [03289] against Tyre [06865], the crowning [05849] city, whose merchants [05503] are princes [08269], whose traffickers [03667] are the honourable [03513] of the earth [0776]?
6 Go [03212] to the ant [05244], thou sluggard [06102]; consider [07200] her ways [01870], and be wise [02449]: