“"The spider, that supports itself upon its hands, and is easily caught, dwells in the strongholds of kings." That is, the thief with his hands extended (on the cross), rests on the cross of Christ and dwells n Paradise, the stronghold of the three Kings-Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.”
Hippolytus of Rome, 3th c. — Fragments from Commentaries on Various Books of Scripture - On Proverbs
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28The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
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26The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
27The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
— Proverbs 30:28 —
29There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
30A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;