Pro 30:15 | MHM | STEP | Four Things Unsearchable This section continues from the warning about people who devour the poor (Proverbs 30:14 ). The focus now is on the greedy and cruel attitude that makes some people always want more, never satisfied with what they have. The commentary compares this attitude to things in nature that are never full or satisfied. There is also a serious warning for children who disrespect their parents, showing how this kind of attitude leads to ruin. v. 15-16 : The writer describes the greedy as having two daughters who keep crying, Give, give . This is like the horse-leech (a kind of leech), which is always sucking blood and never has enough. Greedy and cruel people are always wanting more, like those who love silver but are never satisfied (Ecclesiastes 5:10 ). Four things are mentioned as never being full: the grave, which always accepts more people (Proverbs 27:20 ); the barren womb, which longs for children like Rachel did when she said, Give me children (Genesis 30:1 ); the parched land, which always needs more rain; and fire, which keeps burning everything you put in it. In the same way, sinful desires can never be fully satisfied.

‏ Proverbs 30:15

Four Things Unsearchable

This section continues from the warning about people who devour the poor (Proverbs 30:14 ^a). The focus now is on the greedy and cruel attitude that makes some people always want more, never satisfied with what they have. The commentary compares this attitude to things in nature that are never full or satisfied. There is also a serious warning for children who disrespect their parents, showing how this kind of attitude leads to ruin.

v. 15-16: The writer describes the greedy as having two daughters who keep crying, Give, give. This is like the horse-leech (a kind of leech), which is always sucking blood and never has enough. Greedy and cruel people are always wanting more, like those who love silver but are never satisfied (Ecclesiastes 5:10 ^b). Four things are mentioned as never being full: the grave, which always accepts more people (Proverbs 27:20 ^c); the barren womb, which longs for children like Rachel did when she said, Give me children (Genesis 30:1 ^d); the parched land, which always needs more rain; and fire, which keeps burning everything you put in it. In the same way, sinful desires can never be fully satisfied.