Follow the Spider
Proverbs 30:28: The spider skillfully grasps with its hands, and it is in kings’ palaces.
He Is Our Rock
Proverbs 30:26: The rock badgers are a feeble folk, yet they make their homes in the crags;
Eternally Prepared
Proverbs 30:25: The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer.
Know Your Position
Proverbs 30:21–23: For three things the earth is perturbed, yes, for four it cannot bear up: For a servant when he reigns, a fool when he is filled with food, a hateful woman when she is married, and a maidservant who succeeds her mistress.
An Illustrated Warning
Proverbs 30:18–19: There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yes, four which I do not understand: The way of an eagle in the air, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the midst of the sea, And the way of …
Never Enough
Proverbs 30:15–16: There are three things that are never satisfied, Four never say, “Enough!”: The grave, The barren womb, The earth that is not satisfied with water— And the fire never says, “Enough!”
Purity Over Piety
Proverbs 30:12: There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, yet is not washed from its filthiness.
Just Two Things
Proverbs 30:7–9: Two things I request of You (Deprive me not before I die): Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches— Feed me with the food allotted to me; Lest I be full and deny You, And say, “Who is the Lord?” Or lest …
Make Me Like You
Proverbs 30:5–6: Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. Do not add to His words, Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.