Proverbs 30:28 (BSB)

and the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings.

From Proverbs 30. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 30:28

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 30:24-28: 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.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 30:28: 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!
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 30:28: spider--tolerated, even in palaces, to destroy flies. taketh . . . hands--or, uses with activity the limbs provided for taking prey.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 30:28: The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. (o) If man is not able to compass these common things by his wisdom, we cannot attribute wisdom to man, but folly.