Proverbs 30:1-9 ▼

1 The wordes of Agur the sonne of Iake. The prophecie of a true faithfull man, who God hath helped, whom God hath coforted & norished.

2 For though I am ye leest of all, & haue no mas vnderstodige

3 (for I neuerlerned wisdome) yet haue I vnderstodinge & am wel enfourmed in godly thinges.

4 Who hath clymmed vp i to heauen? Who hath come downe from thence? Who hath holden ye wynde fast in his hade? Who hath coprehended ye waters in a garment? Who hath set all the endes of ye worlde? What is his name, or his sonnes name? Canst thou tell?

5 All the wordes of God are pure & cleane, for he is a shylde vnto all them, that put their trust in him.

6 Put thou nothinge therfore vnto his wordes, lest he reproue the, and thou be founde as a lyar.

7 Two thinges I requyre of the, that thou wilt not denye me before I dye.

8 Remoue fro me vanite and lyes: geue me nether pouerte ner riches, only graunte me a necessary lyuynge.

9 Lest yf I be to full, I denye ye, & saye: what felowe is ye LORDE? And lest I beinge constrayned thorow pouerte, fall vnto stealinge, and forsweare the name of my God.