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1[an error occurred while processing this directive]1The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh--an inspired utterance. This man's utterance to Ithiel: "I am weary, God, but I can prevail.
2[an error occurred while processing this directive]2Surely I am only a brute, not a man; I do not have human understanding.
3[an error occurred while processing this directive]3I have not learned wisdom, nor have I attained to the knowledge of the Holy One.
4[an error occurred while processing this directive]4Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!
5[an error occurred while processing this directive]5"Every word of God is flawless; 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, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.
7[an error occurred while processing this directive]7"Two things I ask of you, LORD; do not refuse me before I die:
8[an error occurred while processing this directive]8Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.
9[an error occurred while processing this directive]9Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, 'Who is the LORD?' Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
10[an error occurred while processing this directive]10"Do not slander a servant to their master, or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.
11[an error occurred while processing this directive]11"There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers;
12[an error occurred while processing this directive]12those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth;
13[an error occurred while processing this directive]13those whose eyes are ever so haughty, whose glances are so disdainful;
14[an error occurred while processing this directive]14those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among mankind.
15[an error occurred while processing this directive]15"The leech has two daughters. 'Give! Give!' they cry. "There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, 'Enough!':
16[an error occurred while processing this directive]16the grave, the barren womb, land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, 'Enough!'
17[an error occurred while processing this directive]17"The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.
18[an error occurred while processing this directive]18"There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand:
19[an error occurred while processing this directive]19the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a young woman.
20[an error occurred while processing this directive]20"This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, 'I've done nothing wrong.'
21[an error occurred while processing this directive]21"Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
22[an error occurred while processing this directive]22a servant who becomes king, a godless fool who gets plenty to eat,
23[an error occurred while processing this directive]23a contemptible woman who gets married, and a servant who displaces her mistress.
24[an error occurred while processing this directive]24"Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise:
25[an error occurred while processing this directive]25Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
26[an error occurred while processing this directive]26hyraxes are creatures of little power, yet they make their home in the crags;
27[an error occurred while processing this directive]27locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks;
28[an error occurred while processing this directive]28a lizard can be caught with the hand, yet it is found in kings' palaces.
29[an error occurred while processing this directive]29"There are three things that are stately in their stride, four that move with stately bearing:
30[an error occurred while processing this directive]30a lion, mighty among beasts, who retreats before nothing;
31[an error occurred while processing this directive]31a strutting rooster, a he-goat, and a king secure against revolt.
32[an error occurred while processing this directive]32"If you play the fool and exalt yourself, or if you plan evil, clap your hand over your mouth!
33[an error occurred while processing this directive]33For as churning cream produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife."
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