Proverbs 30
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1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh,
even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and
Ucal,
2 Surely I am more brutish
than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have
the knowledge of the holy.
4 Who hath ascended up into heaven,
or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the
waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is
his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
5 Every word of God is pure:
he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
6 Add thou not unto his words, lest
he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
7 Two things have I required
of thee; deny me them not before I die:
8 Remove far from me vanity and
lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for
me:
9 Lest I be full, and deny thee,
and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take
the name of my God in vain.
10 Accuse not a servant unto his
master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
11 There is a generation that
curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
12 There is a generation that
are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their
filthiness.
13 There is a generation, O
how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
14 There is a generation,
whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to
devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
15 The horseleach hath two
daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that
are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is
enough:
16 The grave; and the barren womb;
the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that
saith not, It is enough.
17 The eye that mocketh at his
father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley
shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
18 There be three things which
are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
19 The way of an eagle in the air;
the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the
sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
20 Such is the way of an
adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done
no wickedness.
21 For three things the earth
is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
22 For a servant when he reigneth;
and a fool when he is filled with meat;
23 For an odious woman when
she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
24 There be four things which are
little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
25 The ants are a people not
strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
26 The conies are but a
feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
27 The locusts have no king, yet go
they forth all of them by bands;
28 The spider taketh hold with her
hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
29 There be three things
which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
30 A lion which is strongest
among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
31 A greyhound; an he goat also; and
a king, against whom there is no rising up.
32 If thou hast done foolishly in
lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand
upon thy mouth.
33 Surely the churning of milk
bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood:
so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
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