Jubilee2000 - Proverbs - 30

30:1  The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, [even] the prophecy: the man spoke unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,

30:2  Surely I [am] more carnal than [any] man and have not the understanding of a man.

30:3  I neither learned wisdom nor have the knowledge of the holy.

30:4  Who has ascended up into heaven, or descended? who has gathered the wind in his fists? who has bound 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, if thou canst tell?

30:5  Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield unto those that put their trust in him.

30:6  Do not add unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

30:7  Two [things] have I required of thee; do not deny me [them] before I die:

30:8  Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my judgment:

30:9  Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who [is] the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and blaspheme the name of my God.

30:10  Do not accuse a servant in the presence of his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

30:11  [There is] a generation [that] curses their father, and does not bless their mother.

30:12  [There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own eyes, and [yet] is not washed from their filthiness.

30:13  [There is] a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

30:14  [There is] a generation, whose teeth [are as] swords, and their molars [as] knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the destitute from [among] men.

30:15  The horseleach has two daughters, [which are called], Give, give. There are three [things that] are never satisfied, [yea], four [things] say not, [It is] enough:

30:16  Sheol; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled with water; and the fire [that] never says, [It is] enough.

30:17  The eye [that] mocks at [his] father, and despises the teaching of [his] mother, the ravens shall pluck it out of the river, and the young eagles shall eat it.

30:18  There are three [things which] are hidden from me, [yea], four which I know not:

30:19  The track of the eagle in the air; the track of the serpent upon the rock; the track of the ship in the midst of the sea; and the track of the man in the maid.

30:20  Such [is] the track of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no wickedness.

30:21  For three [things] the earth is disquieted, and the fourth it cannot bear:

30:22  For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with bread;

30:23  for a rejected [woman] when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

30:24  There are four [things which are] little upon the earth, but they [are] wiser than the wise men:

30:25  The ants [are] a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;

30:26  the conies [are but] a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks;

30:27  the locusts have no king, yet all of them go forth by bands;

30:28  the spider takes hold with her hands and is in kings' palaces.

30:29  There are three [things] which have a magnificent walk; [yea], the fourth is stately in going:

30:30  The lion [which is] strongest among beasts and does not turn away for any;

30:31  [the greyhound] who is girded up of loins; a he goat also, and the king, against whom no one rises up.

30:32  If thou hast fallen, it is because thou hast lifted thyself up; and if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy mouth.

30:33  Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.: