PR-30:1  The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, [even] the prophecy:

 the man

spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,

PR-30:2  Surely I [am] more brutish than [any] man, and have not

the

understanding of a man.

PR-30:3  I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the

holy.

PR-30:4  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?

PR-30:5  Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield unto them

that put

their trust in him.

PR-30:6  Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and

thou be found

a liar.

PR-30:7  Two [things] have I required of thee; deny me [them]

not before I

die:

PR-30:8  Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither

poverty nor

riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

PR-30:9  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].

PR-30:10  Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse

thee, and thou

be found guilty.

PR-30:11  [There is] a generation [that] curseth their father,

and doth not

bless their mother.

PR-30:12  [There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own

eyes, and [yet]

is not washed from their filthiness.

PR-30:13  [There is] a generation, O how lofty are their eyes!

and their

eyelids are lifted up.

PR-30:14  [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.

PR-30:15  The horseleach hath two daughters, [crying], Give,

give. There are

three [things that] are never satisfied, [yea], four [things]

say not, [It is]

enough:

PR-30:16  The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is

not filled with

water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is] enough.

PR-30:17  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.

PR-30:18  There be three [things which] are too wonderful for me,

 yea, four

which I know not:

PR-30:19  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.

PR-30:20  Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth,

and wipeth her

mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

PR-30:21  For three [things] the earth is disquieted, and for

four [which] it

cannot bear:

PR-30:22  For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is

filled with

meat;

PR-30:23  For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an

handmaid that is

heir to her mistress.

PR-30:24  There be four [things which are] little upon the earth,

 but they

[are] exceeding wise:

PR-30:25  The ants [are] a people not strong, yet they prepare

their meat in

the summer;

PR-30:26  The conies [are but] a feeble folk, yet make they

their houses in

the rocks;

PR-30:27  The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of

them by bands;

PR-30:28  The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in

kings' palaces.

PR-30:29  There be three [things] which go well, yea, four are

comely in

going:

PR-30:30  A lion [which is] strongest among beasts, and turneth

not away for

any;

PR-30:31  A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom

[there is] no

rising up.

PR-30:32  If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or

if thou hast

thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy mouth.

PR-30:33  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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