Proverbs 30:15

Leeches are always wanting more blood to suck; similarly, greedy people are always saying “Give me some!” or “Give me more!” [MET] There are four things that are never ◄satisfied/content with what they have►; they always want more [LIT]:

Translation for Translators

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

14Some people act very cruelly toward others; it is as though [MET] they have teeth that are like sharp knives; they severely oppress poor people and try to cause them to disappear from the land.

16The place where the dead people are; women who do not have any children; ground that needs water/rain; and a fire that always needs more wood.

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Cross References

Proverbs 30:21There are four things that no one in the world can tolerate:

Proverbs 30:29There are four animals that strut around and look very impressive while they walk [DOU]:

Isaiah 57:3Yahweh says, “But you who practice sorcery, come here! You who worship idols [MET], listen to me!

Hosea 4:18When their rulers finish drinking their wine, they go to find prostitutes; they love their disgraceful behavior.

Amos 1:6Yahweh also said this to me: “ I will punish the people of the cities in Philistia: I will punish the people of Gaza city because of the many sins that they have committed; I will not change my mind about punishing them, because they captured large groups of people and took them to Edom and sold them to become the slaves of the people of Edom.

Amos 1:11Yahweh also said this to me: “I will punish the people of Edom because of the many sins that they have committed; I will not change my mind about punishing them, because they pursued the people of Israel, who descended from Esau’s brother Jacob, and killed them with swords; they did not act mercifully toward them at all. They were extremely angry with the people of Israel, and they continued to be angry with them.

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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