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30:19 the way <01870> of an eagle <05404> in the sky <08064>, the way <01870> of a snake <05175> on <05921> a rock <06697>, the way <01870> of a ship <0591> in the sea <03220>, and the way <01870> of a man <01397> with a woman <05959>. 30:20 This <03651> is the way <01870> of an adulterous <05003> woman <0802>: she eats <0398> and wipes <04229> her mouth <06310> and says <0559>, “I have not <03808> done <06466> wrong <0205>.” 30:21 Under <08478> three things <07969> the earth <0776> trembles <07264>, and under <08478> four <0702> things it cannot <03201> <03808> bear up <05375>: 30:22 under <08478> a servant <05650> who <03588> becomes king <04427>, under a fool <05036> who <03588> is stuffed <07646> with food <03899>, 30:23 under <08478> an unloved <08130> woman who <03588> is married <01166>, and under a female servant <08198> who <03588> dispossesses <03423> her mistress <01404>. 30:24 There <01992> are four things <0702> on earth <0776> that are small <06996>, but they <01992> are exceedingly <02449> wise <02450>: 30:25 ants <05244> are creatures <05971> with little <03808> strength <05794>, but they prepare <03559> their food <03899> in the summer <07019>; 30:26 rock badgers <08227> are creatures <05971> with little <03808> power <06099>, but they make <07760> their homes <01004> in the crags <05553>; 30:27 locusts <0697> have no <0369> king <04428>, but they all <03605> go forward <03318> by ranks <02686>; 30:28 a lizard <08079> you can catch <08610> with the hand <03027>, but it <01931> gets into the palaces <01964> of the king <04428>. 30:29 There <01992> are three <07969> things that are magnificent <03190> in their step <06806>, four <0702> things that move <01980> about magnificently <03190>: 30:30 a lion <03918>, mightiest <01368> of the beasts <0929>, who does not <03808> retreat <07725> from <06440> anything <03605>; 30:31 a strutting rooster <04975> <02223>, a male goat <08495>, and a king <04428> with <05973> his army <0510> around him. 30:32 If <0518> you have done foolishly <05034> by exalting <05375> yourself or if <0518> you have planned evil <02161>, put your hand <03027> over your mouth <06310>! 30:33 For <03588> as the churning <04330> of milk <02461> produces <03318> butter <02529> and as punching <04330> the nose <0639> produces <03318> blood <01818>, so stirring <04330> up anger <0639> produces <03318> strife <07379>.

• Pro 30:1-33 -- The Words of Agur

• AGUR

  [ebd] gatherer; the collector, mentioned as author of the sayings in Prov. 30. Nothing is known of him beyond what is there recorded.
  [isbe] AGUR - a'-gur ('aghur, seeming, from comparison with Arabic roots, to mean either "hireling," or "collector," "gatherer"): One of the contributors to Proverbs; his words being included in Prov 30. He takes an agnostic attitu...
  

• MASSA

  [isbe] MASSA - mas'-a (massa', "burden"): Descendant of Abraham through Ishmael (Gen 25:14; 1 Ch 1:30). His people may be the Masani of Ptolemy, having Eastern Arabia near Babylon as their habitat. The marginal reading of the headi...
  

• Riddle

  [nave] RIDDLE Used as a test of wit at Samson's feast, Judg. 14:12-18. By Agur, Prov. 30:15, 16, 18-31. See: Parable; Proverbs.
  

• Coney

  [ebd] (Heb. shaphan; i.e., "the hider"), an animal which inhabits the mountain gorges and the rocky districts of Arabia Petraea and the Holy Land. "The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks" (Prov. ...
  [isbe] CONEY - ko'-ni (shaphan (Lev 11:5; Dt 14:7; Ps 104:18; Prov 30:26)): The word "coney" (formerly pronounced cooney) means "rabbit" (from Latin cuniculus). Shaphan is rendered in all four passages in the Septuagint choirogrull...
  [smith] (shaphan), a gregarious animal of the class Pachydermata, which is found in Palestine, living in the caves and clefts of the rocks, and has been erroneously identified with the rabbit or coney. Its scientific name as Hyrax sy...
  [nave] CONEY, Lev. 11:5; Deut. 14:7; Psa. 104:18; Prov. 30:26.
  

• Animals

  [nave] ANIMALS Creation of, Gen. 1:24, 25; 2:19; Jer. 27:5. Food of, Gen. 1:30. Named, Gen. 2:20. Ordained as food for mankind, Gen. 9:2, 3; Lev. 11:3, 9, 21, 22; Deut. 14:4-6, 9, 11, 20. God's care of, Gen. 9:9, 10; Deut. 25:4...
  

• Spider

  [ebd] The trust of the hypocrite is compared to the spider's web or house (Job 8:14). It is said of the wicked by Isaiah that they "weave the spider's web" (59:5), i.e., their works and designs are, like the spider's web, vain and...
  [isbe] SPIDER - spi'-der ((1) `akkabhish; compare Arabic `ankabut, English Versions of the Bible "spider"; Septuagint arachne (Job 8:14; Isa 59:5); (2) semamith, "lizard," the King James Version "spider"; Septuagint kalabotes (Prov...
  [smith] The Hebrew word ?accabish in (Job 8:24; Isaiah 59:5) is correctly rendered "spider." Put semamith is wrongly translated "spider" in (Proverbs 30:28) it refers probably to some kind of lizard. (But "there are many species of s...
  [nave] SPIDER Mentioned in one of Agur's riddles, Prov. 30:28. Web of, figurative of the hope of the hypocrite, Job 8:14; Isa. 59:5.
  

• Industry

  [nave] INDUSTRY. Gen. 2:15; Ex. 23:12 Deut. 5:13. Ex. 35:2; Prov. 10:4, 5; Prov. 12:11, 24, 27; Prov. 13:4, 11, 23; Prov. 14:4, 23; Prov. 16:26; Prov. 20:13; Prov. 21:5; Prov. 22:29; Prov. 27:23 vs. 23-27.; Prov. 28:19; Prov. 30:2...
  

• Greyhound

  [ebd] (Prov. 30:31), the rendering of the Hebrew zarzir mothnayim, meaning literally "girded as to the lions." Some (Gesen.; R.V. marg.) render it "war-horse." The LXX. and Vulgate versions render it "cock." It has been by some in...
  [smith] the translation in the text of the Authorized Version, (Proverbs 30:31) of the Hebrew word zarzir mothnayin ; i.e. "one girt about the loins." Various are the opinions as to what animal "comely in going" is here intended Some...
  [nave] GREYHOUND, Prov. 30:31.
  

• NUMBER

  [isbe] NUMBER - num'-ber: I. NUMBER AND ARITHMETIC II. NOTATION OF NUMBERS 1. By Words 2. By Signs 3. By Letters III. NUMBERS IN OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY IV. ROUND NUMBERS V. SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS 1. Seven and Its Multiples (1) Ritual U...
  

• Women

  [nave] WOMEN Creation of, Gen. 1:27; 2:21, 22. Named, Gen. 2:23. Fall of, and curse upon, Gen. 3:1-16; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14. Promise to, Gen. 3:15. Had separate apartments in dwellings, Gen. 24:67; 31:33; Esth. 2:9, 11. Ve...
  

• Ant

  [ebd] (Heb. nemalah, from a word meaning to creep, cut off, destroy), referred to in Prov. 6:6; 30:25, as distinguished for its prudent habits. Many ants in Palestine feed on animal substances, but others draw their nourishment pa...
  [smith] (Heb. nemalah). This insect is mentioned twice in the Old Testament: in (Proverbs 6:6; 30:25) In the former of these passages the diligence of this insect is instanced by the wise man as an example worthy of imitation; in the...
  [nave] ANT, Prov. 6:6-8; 30:25.
  

• Serpent

  [ebd] (Heb. nahash; Gr. ophis), frequently noticed in Scripture. More than forty species are found in Syria and Arabia. The poisonous character of the serpent is alluded to in Jacob's blessing on Dan (Gen. 49:17; see Prov. 30:18, ...
  [isbe] SERPENT - sur'-pent: 1. General: Serpents are not particularly abundant in Palestine, but they are often mentioned in the Bible. In the Hebrew there are 11 names. The New Testament has four Greek names and the Septuagint emp...
  [nave] SERPENT Satan appears in the form of, to Eve, Gen. 3:1-15; 2 Cor. 11:3. Subtlety of, Gen. 3:1; Eccl. 10:8; Matt. 10:16. Curse upon, Gen. 3:14, 15; 49:17. Feeds upon the dust, Gen. 3:14; Isa. 65:25; Mic. 7:17. Unfit for f...
  

• FOUR

  [isbe] FOUR - for ('arba`; tessares): "Four" (cardinal number) was a sacred and complete number with the Hebrews, as well as with several other peoples. It occurs very frequently in the Old Testament and the New Testament. (1) It i...
  

• Servant

  [nave] SERVANT Distinguished as bond servant, who was a slave, and hired servant. Bond Laws of Moses concerning, Ex. 21:1-11, 20, 21, 26, 27, 32; Lev. 19:20-22; 25:6, 10, 35-55; Deut. 15:12, 14, 18; 24:7. Kidnapping forbidden, D...
  

• Wife

  [nave] WIFE Called Desire of the Eyes, Ezek. 24:16. Help, Gen. 2:18, 20. Fruitful Vine, Psa. 128:3. The judgment denounced against Eve, Gen. 3:16. Relation of, to husband, Gen. 2:18, 23, 24; 1 Cor. 11:3-12. Domestic duties of,...
  

• Rulers

  [nave] RULERS Appointed and removed by God. See: Government, God in. Chastised, Dan. 4. See: Nation. Monarchical, See: Kings. Patriarchal, Gen. 27:29, 37. Instances of Nimrod, Gen. 10:8-10. Abraham, Gen. 14:13-24; 17:6; 21:2...
  

• Locust

  [isbe] LOCUST - lo'-kust: The translation of a large number of Hebrew and Greek words: 1. Names: (1) 'arbeh from the root rabhah, "to increase" (compare Arabic raba', "to increase"). (2) sal`am, from obsolete [?] cal`am, "to swallo...
  [nave] LOCUST Authorized as food, Lev. 11:22; used as, Matt. 3:4; Mark 1:6. Plague of, Ex. 10:1-19; Psa. 105:34, 35. Devastation by, Deut. 28:38; 1 Kin. 8:37; 2 Chr. 7:13; Isa. 33:4; Joel 1:4-7; Rev. 9:7-10. Sun obscured by, Joe...
  

• Lizard

  [isbe] LIZARD - liz'-ard: The list of unclean "creeping things" in Lev 11:29,30 contains eight names, as follows: 1. Names: (1) choledh, English Versions of the Bible "weasel" (which see); (2) `akhbar, English Versions of the Bible...
  [nave] LIZARD, Lev. 11:30; Prov. 30:28.
  

• Adultery

  [nave] ADULTERY. Gen. 20:3; 2 Sam. 12:14; Job 24:15-17 v. 18.; Job 31:1, 9-12; Prov. 2:16, 18, 19 v. 17.; Prov. 5:3, 4 vs. 5-22.; Prov. 6:24-29, 32, 33; Prov. 7:5-23; Prov. 9:13-18; Prov. 22:14; Prov. 23:27, 28; Prov. 29:3; Prov. ...
  

• Family

  [nave] FAMILY. Of Saints Blessed, Psa. 128:3, 6. Should be taught God's word, Deut. 4:9, 10. Worship God together, 1 Cor. 16:19. Be duly regulated, Prov. 31:27; 1 Tim. 3:4, 5, 12. Live in unity, Gen. 45:24; Psa. 133:1. Live ...
  

• The Words of Agur

  

Proverbs 22:6

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