Proverbs 30:28
and the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
In Context
27the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;
29There are three things that are stately in their stride, and four that are impressive in their walk:
Cross References
Leviticus 11:29The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,
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 →