Proverbs 30:28
The lizard supports itself on hands and dwells in the buildings of kings.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
In Context
27The locust has no king, but they all depart by their troops.
29There are three things that advance well, and a fourth that marches happily on:
Cross References
Leviticus 11:29Likewise, these shall be considered among the polluted things, out of all that moves upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the crocodile, each one according to its kind,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:25-29
Four Things Little and Wise. 24 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: 25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; 26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; 27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; 28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. I. Agur, having specified four things that seem great and yet are really contemptible, here specifies four… Read the whole commentary →