Proverbs 30:15

Insatiability hath two daughters, [crying,] Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things which never say, Enough:

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

In Context

14There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and whose string teeth are as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

16The nether world; and a barren womb; the earth which is not satisfied with water; and the fire which never saith, Enough.

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Cross References

Proverbs 30:21Under three things the earth trembleth, and under four which she cannot bear:

Proverbs 30:29Three there are that have a stately step, and four, that are stately in going:

Isaiah 57:3But ye draw near hither, sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

Hosea 4:18Their drinking bout will come to an end: while they are so often guilty of lewdness, their rulers love, prepare themselves but shame.

Amos 1:6Thus hath said the Lord, For three transgressions of Gazzah, and for four, will I not turn away their punishment; because they carried away exiles in full numbers, to deliver them up to Edom;

Amos 1:11Thus hath said the Lord, For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, will I not turn away their punishment; because he pursued with the sword his brother, and disregarded his mercy, and his anger tore in pieces continually, and he kept his wrath for ever:

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:11-15

Four Wicked Generations. 10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. 11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. 13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. 14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the… Read the whole commentary →

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