Proverbs 30:15

The horse-leech had three dearly beloved daughters: and these three did not satisfy her; and the fourth was not contented so as to say, Enough.

LXX2012 (British)

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

14A wicked generation have swords for teeth and jaw teeth as knives, so as to destroy and devour the lowly from the earth, and the poor of them from amongst men.

16The grave, and the love of a woman, and the earth not filled with water; water also and fire will not say, It is enough.

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Cross References

Proverbs 30:21By three things the earth is troubled, and the fourth it can’t bear:

Proverbs 30:29And there are three things which go well, and a fourth which passes along finely.

Isaiah 57:3But draw you⌃ near hither, you⌃ lawless children, the seed of adulterers and the harlot.

Hosea 4:18He has chosen the Chananites: they have grievously gone a-whoring: they have loved dishonour through her insolence.

Amos 1:6Thus says the Lord; For three sins of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away from them; because they took prisoners the captivity of Solomon, to shut them up into Idumea.

Amos 1:11Thus says the Lord; For three sins of Idumea, and for four, I will not turn away from them; because they pursued their brother with the sword, and destroyed the mother upon the earth, and summoned up his anger for a testimony, and kept up his fury to the end.

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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