Proverbs 6:6-8
See the marginal reference note. Note the word “people” applied here to ants, as to locusts in Joel 1:6 . The marvel lies in their collective, and...
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....
a people. So are those "made wise" ( 2 Timothy 3:15 ) who are God's People ( Psalms 100:3 ). not strong . very weak. Figure of speech Tapeinosis...
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: There be four (things) ... little upon the earth (i:e., am...
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,...
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...
The ants [are] a people not strong ,.... Far from it; what is weaker than an ant? a multitude of them may be destroyed at once, with the crush of a...
The ants [are] a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; Ver. 25. The ants are a people not strong. ] A feeble folk, but not...
There be four things little, &c., but exceeding wise Comparatively to other brute creatures, they act very wisely and providently, through the...
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. 24 There be four things which are litt...
People; which title is oft given to the unreasonable creatures, both in Scripture, as Joel 1:6 , Joel 2:2 , and in Homer, and Virgil, and diver...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 30:26 . Conies . A gregarious animal of the class Pachydermata, which is found in Palestine living in the caves or cleft...
Proverbs 30:24-28 I. "The ants are a people not strong," etc. (1) This is forecast. The ants know the time of their opportunity, and make the best...
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
The ants are a people not strong, not powerful in size, yet they prepare their meat in the summer, their diligence and thrift laying up a store for...
25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;