Proverbs 30:21

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

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20This is what a woman who ◄is not faithful to/does not have sex only with► her husband does: She commits adultery [EUP], and then bathes and says, “I have not done anything that is wrong!”

22What a slave does who becomes a king, a foolish person eating too much food,

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Cross References

Proverbs 6:16There are six, maybe seven, kinds of people that Yahweh hates. They are:

Proverbs 30:15Leeches 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]:

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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