Proverbs 30:24
These be foure small things in the earth, yet they are wise and full of wisedome:
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
In Context
23For the hatefull woman, when she is married, and for a handmaid that is heire to her mistres.
25The pismires a people not strong, yet prepare they their meate in sommer:
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 →