Proverbs 30:1, Agur’s confession of his faith; Proverbs 30:7, The two points of his prayer; Proverbs 30:10, The meanest are not to be wronged; Proverbs 30:11, Four wicked generations; Proverbs 30:15, Four things insatiable; Proverbs 30:17, Parents are not to be despised; Proverbs 30:18, Four things hard to be known; Proverbs 30:21, Four things intolerable; Proverbs 30:24, Four things exceeding wise; Proverbs 30:29, Four things stately; Proverbs 30:32, Wrath is to be prevented.
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Proverbs 30
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Proverbs 30 — OverviewProverbs 30 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis and the following chapter are an appendix to Solomon's proverbs;
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things himself, but collected the wise sayings and observations of…Proverbs 30:1Proverbs 30:1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeAgur: Agur was probably a public teacher, and Ithiel and Ucal, his pupils; and this was the massa:, or oracle, which he delivered, not by his own wisdom, but by the Holy Spirit, for the benefit of man; and which, it is…Proverbs 30:1Proverbs 30:1 · Little Bible — for children and parentsProverbs 30 opens with attribution to Agur son of Jakeh — a figure about whom little else is known. The oracle or 'prophecy' suggests these words are not merely Agur's own thoughts but a message he received and passed…Proverbs 30:1Proverbs 30:1 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThe words of Agur the son of Jakeh,.... Here begins, according to Aben Ezra, the fourth part of this book; though, according to others, it is the fifth; See Gill on "Pr 22:17"; Who this Agur was is a matter of doubt;…