and the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings.
I. Agur, having specified four things that seem great and yet are really contemptible, here specifies four things that are little and yet are very admirable, great in miniature, in which, as bishop Patrick observes, he teaches us several good lessons; as, 1.
Commenting on Proverbs 30:24-28
The spider taketh hold with her hands,.... On the thread she spins, or on the flies and bees she catches in her web. This is a small creature, yet very wise; what a curious thread does she spin! what a fine web does she weave! with what exactness and proportion is it framed!
spider--tolerated, even in palaces, to destroy flies. taketh . . . hands--or, uses with activity the limbs provided for taking prey.