Proverbs 30:21

For three things has earth been troubled, || And for four—it is not able to bear:

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:

In Context

20So—the way of an adulterous woman, || She has eaten and has wiped her mouth, || And has said, “I have not done iniquity.”

22For a servant when he reigns, || And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,

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Cross References

Proverbs 6:16These six has YHWH hated, || Indeed, seven [are] abominations to His soul:

Proverbs 30:15To the leech [are] two daughters—Give! Give! Behold, three things are not satisfied, || Four have not said “Sufficiency”;

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:19-24

Four Things Little and Wise. 18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: 19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. 21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: 22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled… Read the whole commentary →

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