Proverbs 30:15

Webster's Bible (1833)

"The leach has two daughters: 'Give, give.' "There are three things that are never satisfied; Four that don't say, 'Enough:'

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  • Prov 30:29 : 29 "There are three things which are stately in their march, Four which are stately in going:
  • Prov 30:21 : 21 "For three things the earth tremble, And under four, it can't bear up:
  • Prov 6:16 : 16 There are six things which Yahweh hates; Yes, seven which are an abomination to him:
  • Prov 30:24 : 24 "There are four things which are little on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:
  • Isa 56:11-12 : 11 Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can't understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter. 12 Come you, [say they], I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure.
  • Isa 57:3 : 3 But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the prostitute.
  • Ezek 16:44-46 : 44 Behold, everyone who uses proverbs shall use [this] proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. 45 You are the daughter of your mother, who loathes her husband and her children; and you are the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children: your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite. 46 Your elder sister is Samaria, who dwells at your left hand, she and her daughters; and your younger sister, who dwells at your right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
  • Hos 4:18 : 18 Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.
  • Amos 1:3 : 3 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron;
  • Amos 1:6 : 6 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they carried away captive the whole community, To deliver them up to Edom;
  • Amos 1:9 : 9 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, And didn't remember the brotherly covenant;
  • Amos 1:11 : 11 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because he pursued his brother with the sword, And cast off all pity, And his anger raged continually, And he kept his wrath forever;
  • Amos 1:13 : 13 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, That they may enlarge their border.
  • Amos 2:1 : 1 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;
  • Amos 2:4 : 4 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have rejected Yahweh's law, And have not kept his statutes, And their lies have led them astray, After which their fathers walked;
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; And the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
  • Matt 23:32 : 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
  • John 8:39 : 39 They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.
  • John 8:44 : 44 You are of your Father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.
  • Rom 16:18 : 18 For those who are such don't serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn't linger, and their destruction will not slumber.
  • 2 Pet 2:13-15 : 13 receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you; 14 having eyes full of adultery, and who can't cease from sin; enticing unsettled souls; having a heart trained in greed; children of cursing; 15 forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrong-doing;
  • Jude 1:11-12 : 11 Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in Korah's rebellion. 12 These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

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  • 16 Sheol, The barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that doesn't say, 'Enough.'

  • 14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, And their jaws like knives, To devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

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    20 So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'

    21 "For three things the earth tremble, And under four, it can't bear up:

  • Lam 4:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3 Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: The daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

    4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaves to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaks it to them.

  • 18 "There are three things which are too amazing for me, Four which I don't understand:

  • 20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And a man's eyes are never satisfied.

  • 5 Those who were full have hired out themselves for bread; Those who were hungry have ceased [to hunger]: Yes, the barren has borne seven; She who has many children languishes.

  • 14 If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

  • 10 They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; Because they have abandoned giving to Yahweh.

  • 29 "There are three things which are stately in their march, Four which are stately in going:

  • 7 Their land is full of silver and gold, Neither is there any end of their treasures. Their land also is full of horses, Neither is there any end of their chariots.

  • 7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  • Nah 3:2-4
    3 verses
    66%

    2 The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots,

    3 the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies. They stumble on their bodies,

    4 because of the multitude of the prostitution of the alluring prostitute, the mistress of witchcraft, who sells nations through her prostitution, and families through her witchcraft.

  • 7 "Two things I have asked of you; Don't deny me before I die:

  • 24 "There are four things which are little on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:

  • 10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

  • 30 His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is."

  • 15 A continual dropping on a rainy day And a contentious wife are alike:

  • 8 All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

  • 26 There are those who covet greedily all the day long; But the righteous give and don't withhold.

  • 14 Give them--Yahweh what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

  • 8 They were as fed horses roaming at large; everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife.

  • 11 Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can't understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.

  • 8 There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment? This also is vanity, yes, it is a miserable business.

  • 1 Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their lords, "Bring, and let us drink."

  • 3 but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him, and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter.

  • 3 For thus says Yahweh concerning the sons and concerning the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who became the father of them in this land:

  • 9 Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, Who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.

  • 11 There is a generation that curses their father, And doesn't bless their mother.

  • 31 If the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'

  • 5 Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness yields them bread for their children.

  • 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.

  • 15 They shall wander up and down for food, And wait all night if they aren't satisfied.

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    28 You have played the prostitute also with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; yes, you have played the prostitute with them, and yet you weren't satisfied.

    29 You have moreover multiplied your prostitution to the land of merchants, to Chaldea; and yet you weren't satisfied with this.

  • Jer 2:24-25
    2 verses
    63%

    24 a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all those who seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

    25 Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst: but you said, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

  • 16 Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, Lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

  • 16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, Both come to poverty.

  • Eccl 6:2-3
    2 verses
    63%

    2 a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

    3 If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:

  • 24 There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

  • Hab 2:5-6
    2 verses
    63%

    5 Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. A haughty man who doesn't stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is like death, and can't be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.

    6 Won't all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, 'Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?'

  • 19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our donkeys; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your handmaid, and for the young man who is with your servants: there is no want of anything.

  • 29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?