Proverbs 30
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The Sayings of Agur
1The words of Agur son of Jakeh. An oracle.
The man declares to Ithiel,
to Ithiel and Ukal:
2Surely I am more stupid than any man,
and do not have the understanding of a man. # Ps 73:22
3I have not learned wisdom,
nor have I attained the knowledge of the Holy One. # Pr 9:10
4Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? # Jn 3:13
Who has gathered the wind in the hollow of His hands?
Who has bound the waters in His cloak? # Job 26:8
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name? And what is the name of His son? # Ps 2:7
Surely you know!
5Every word of God is pure; # Ps 12:6
He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. # Ps 18:30
6Do not add to His words, # Dt 4:2; 12:32; Rev 22:18–19
lest He rebuke you and you be found a liar.
7Two things I ask of you;
do not deny them to me before I die:
8Remove far from me falsehood and lies;
give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with my daily bread, # Mt 6:11; Lk 11:3
9lest I be full and deny You,
and say, “Who is the Lord?” # Dt 31:20
or lest I be poor, and steal,
and profane the name of my God. # Ex 20:7
10Do not slander a servant to his master,
lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
11There is a generation that curses its father,
and does not bless its mother. # Pr 20:20; 30:17
12There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, # Pr 16:2
and yet is not washed from its filthiness. # Lk 18:11
13There is a generation—oh how lofty are their eyes! # Ps 101:5; Pr 6:17
Their eyelids are lifted up.
14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords,
whose fangs are like knives, # Job 29:17
to devour the poor from off the earth, # Ps 14:4
and the needy from among mortals.
15The leech has two daughters:
Give! Give!
Three things are never satisfied;
four never say, “Enough”: # Pr 6:16; 30:21
16Sheol, # Pr 27:20; Hab 2:5 the barren womb,
the earth never filled with water,
and the fire that never says, “Enough.”
17The eye that mocks a father
and scorns to obey a mother, # Dt 21:18–21; Pr 23:22
the ravens of the valley will pluck it out,
and the young vultures will eat it.
18Three things are too wonderful for me;
four which I do not understand: # Job 42:3
19the way of an eagle in the sky,
the way of a serpent on a rock,
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea,
and the way of a man with a virgin.
20This is the way of an adulteress:
she eats, and wipes her mouth,
and says, “I have done no wrong.”
21Under three things the earth trembles;
under four it cannot bear up:
22a servant when he reigns,
a fool when he is filled with food, # Pr 19:10; Ecc 10:7
23a hateful woman when she is married,
and a servant girl who displaces her mistress.
24Four things on earth are little,
but they are exceedingly wise:
25the ants are a people not strong,
yet they store up their food in the summer; # Pr 6:6–8
26the badgers are a people not powerful,
yet they build their houses in the rocks; # Lev 11:5; Ps 104:18
27the locusts have no king,
yet they all march in ranks; # Joel 2:25
28the spider takes hold with her hands,
yet she lives in palaces of a king.
29Three things are majestic in their walk,
four which are majestic in their stride:
30the lion, which is mightiest among beasts, # Jdg 14:18
and does not turn away from anything;
31the strutting rooster, the he-goat,
and a king whose army is with him.
32If you have done foolishly in exalting yourself,
or if you have devised evil,
lay your hand on your mouth. # Job 21:5; 40:4
33For as the churning of the milk produces butter,
and the wringing of the nose produces blood,
so the forcing of wrath produces strife. # Pr 29:22
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