Proverbs 30:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are very wise:

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  • Job 12:7 : 7 But put now a question to the beasts, and get teaching from them; or to the birds of the heaven, and they will make it clear to you;

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  • Prov 30:21-23
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    21For three things the earth is moved, and there are four which it will not put up with:

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  • 1 Kgs 4:33-34
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    33He made sayings about all plants, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop hanging on the wall; and about all beasts and birds and fishes and the small things of the earth.

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  • Prov 24:3-5
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    13This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.

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  • Prov 8:11-12
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  • Prov 14:24
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  • Job 28:12
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    6Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

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