◄ Proverbs 30 ►
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1[an error occurred while processing this directive]1The words of Agur son of Jakeh. The oracle. The man declares, I am weary, O God; I am weary, O God, and worn out.
2[an error occurred while processing this directive]2Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man.
3[an error occurred while processing this directive]3I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.
4[an error occurred while processing this directive]4Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name? Surely you know!
5[an error occurred while processing this directive]5Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
6[an error occurred while processing this directive]6Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.
7[an error occurred while processing this directive]7Two things I ask of you; deny them not to me before I die:
8[an error occurred while processing this directive]8Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,
9[an error occurred while processing this directive]9lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the LORD?” or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.
10[an error occurred while processing this directive]10Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
11[an error occurred while processing this directive]11There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
12[an error occurred while processing this directive]12There are those who are clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their filth.
13[an error occurred while processing this directive]13There are those—how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift!
14[an error occurred while processing this directive]14There are those whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, the needy from among mankind.
15[an error occurred while processing this directive]15The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”:
16[an error occurred while processing this directive]16Sheol, the barren womb, the land never satisfied with water, and the fire that never says, “Enough.”
17[an error occurred while processing this directive]17The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
18[an error occurred while processing this directive]18Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand:
19[an error occurred while processing this directive]19the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin.
20[an error occurred while processing this directive]20This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, “I have done no wrong.”
21[an error occurred while processing this directive]21Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up:
22[an error occurred while processing this directive]22a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with food;
23[an error occurred while processing this directive]23an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.
24[an error occurred while processing this directive]24Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise:
25[an error occurred while processing this directive]25the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
26[an error occurred while processing this directive]26the rock badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in the cliffs;
27[an error occurred while processing this directive]27the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank;
28[an error occurred while processing this directive]28the lizard you can take in your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.
29[an error occurred while processing this directive]29Three things are stately in their tread; four are stately in their stride:
30[an error occurred while processing this directive]30the lion, which is mightiest among beasts and does not turn back before any;
31[an error occurred while processing this directive]31the strutting rooster, the he-goat, and a king whose army is with him.
32[an error occurred while processing this directive]32If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth.
33[an error occurred while processing this directive]33For pressing milk produces curds, pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife.
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