Proverbs 30:28

Lizards—you can catch them in your hands, but they live in the king's palace.

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In The King James Version

The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.

In Context

27Locusts—they don't have a king, but they all march in line abreast.

29There are three things that are glorious to watch as they walk, four that look dignified as they move:

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:29The following animals that run along the ground are unclean for you: rats, mice, any kind of large lizards,

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 →

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