Ecclesiastes 10:7; Isaiah 3:4; Isaiah 3:5; Isaiah 30:16; Proverbs 19:10; Proverbs 28:3
For (l) a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with food; (l) These commonly abuse the state to which they are called.
Proverbs 30. The Sayings of Agur. It is uncertain whether the title embraces the whole chapter or Proverbs 30:1-9 , or Proverbs 30:1-4 only....
fool. Hebrew. nabal. See note on Proverbs 1:7 .
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
For three things the earth is disquieted— We have here an answer to another enigmatical question, What things are most intolerable? Which he tells...
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: For three (things) the earth is disquieted ... for a servant whe...
The Words of Agur The simplest way of treating the title is to read as follows: 'The words of Agur, son of Yakeh, of Massa.' Then we may proceed,...
For a servant when he reigneth. — The mischief done by Oriental favourites at court, who often began life as slaves, was proverbial. A fool ( nâ...
CHAPTER 31 THE WORDS OF AGUR THE rendering of the first verse of this chapter is very uncertain. Without attempting to discuss the many conjectur...
Lessons from Common Things Proverbs 30:18-33 We have four more quatrains. 1. There are the four wonders that baffle Agur's understanding. How...
This and the following chapter constitute an appendix to the Book of Proverbs. It is impossible to say who Agur was. In this selection from his writi...
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: The g...
For a servant, when he reigneth ,.... Being unfit for it through his education, not having been trained up in and learned the arts of government and...
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; Ver. 22. For a servant when he reigneth. ] As Jeroboam, Saul, Zimri, Herod...
For three things the earth That is, the inhabitants of the earth; is disquieted By their insolence and impudence they cause great disturbances in...
In THE FIVE Chapter S now completed are proverbs of Solomon copied out by Hezekiah's servants. The last two Chapter s show a distinct change in chara...
Four Things Little and Wise. 18 There be three things which are too...
When he reigneth; when he is advanced to great power and dignity; for such a one is ignorant and unfit for his place, and therefore commits many er...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 30:23 . Odious , or unloved . MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 30:21-23 BURDENS GRIEVOUS TO BE BORNE...
Proverbs 30:1 . The words of Agur. The style of this book seems to be much older than that of Solomon. Its simplicity very well agrees with the ti...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 30:1-20 Part VII. FIRST APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION , containing "the words of Agur." A short introd...
Deducing Truths from Common Experience
for a servant, a man of the lowest condition and status in life, when he reigneth, when lie suddenly finds himself elevated to the position of rule...
A servant — For such an one is commonly ignorant, and therefore commits many errors; he is poor, and therefore insatiable, he is proud and imperiou...
22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;