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Proverbs

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Chapter 30

¹The words of Agur son of Jakeh. The oracle. The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal: ²Surely I am too stupid to be a man; I have not the understanding of a man. ³I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One. 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! ⁵Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. ⁶Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar. ⁷Two things I ask of you; deny them not to me before I die: ⁸Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, 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. ¹⁰Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty. ¹¹There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers. ¹²There are those who are pure in their own eyes but are not cleansed of their filth. ¹³There are those—how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift! ¹⁴There are those whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, the needy from among mankind. ¹⁵The leech has two daughters: “Give,” “Give.” Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”: ¹⁶Sheol, the barren womb, the land never satisfied with water, and the fire that never says, “Enough.” 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. ¹⁸Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand: 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. 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 slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with food; ²³an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a female servant who displaces her mistress. ²⁴Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise: ²⁵the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer; ²⁶the rock badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in the rocks; ²⁷the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank; ²⁸the lizard you can take in your hands, yet it is in kings' palaces. ²⁹Three things are stately in their tread; four are stately in their walk: ³⁰the lion, which is mightiest among beasts and does not turn back before any; ³¹the strutting rooster, the he-goat, and a king whose army is with him. ³²If you have been foolish in exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth. ³³For pressing milk produces curds, pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing wrath produces strife.