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Proverbs 30 (New International Version)

Proverbs 30

Sayings of Agur
1 The
sayings of Agur son of Jakeh—an oracle :

This man declared to Ithiel,

to Ithiel and to Ucal:

2 "I am the most ignorant of
men;
I do not have a man's
understanding.

3 I have not learned wisdom,

nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.

4 Who has gone up to heaven
and come down?
Who has gathered up the
wind in the hollow of his hands?
Who
has wrapped up the waters in his cloak?

Who has established all the ends of the earth?

What is his name, and the name of his
son?
Tell me if you know!

5 "Every word of God is
flawless;
he is a shield to those who
take refuge in him.

6 Do not add to his words,

or he will rebuke you and prove you a
liar.

7 "Two things I ask of you, O
LORD;
do not refuse me before I die:

8 Keep falsehood and lies far
from me;
give me neither poverty nor
riches,
but give me only my daily
bread.

9 Otherwise, 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 "Do not slander a servant
to his master,
or he will curse you,
and you will pay for it.

11 "There are those who curse
their fathers
and do not bless their
mothers;

12 those who are pure in
their own eyes
and yet are not cleansed
of their filth;

13 those whose eyes are ever
so haughty,
whose glances are so
disdainful;

14 those whose teeth are
swords
and whose jaws are set with
knives
to devour the poor from the
earth,
the needy from among mankind.

15 "The leech has two
daughters.
'Give! Give!' they cry.

"There are three things that are never
satisfied,
four that never say,
'Enough!':

16 the grave, the
barren womb,
land, which is never
satisfied with water,
and fire, which
never says, 'Enough!'

17 "The eye that mocks a
father,
that scorns obedience to a
mother,
will be pecked out by the
ravens of the valley,
will be eaten by
the vultures.

18 "There are three things
that are too amazing for me,
four that
I do not understand:

19 the 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 maiden.

20 "This is the way of an
adulteress:
She eats and wipes her
mouth
and says, 'I've done nothing
wrong.'

21 "Under three things the
earth trembles,
under four it cannot
bear up:

22 a servant who becomes
king,
a fool who is full of food,

23 an unloved woman who is
married,
and a maidservant who
displaces her mistress.

24 "Four things on earth are
small,
yet they are extremely wise:

25 Ants are creatures of
little strength,
yet they store up
their food in the summer;

26 coneys are
creatures of little power,
yet they
make their home in the crags;

27 locusts have no king,

yet they advance together in ranks;

28 a lizard can be caught
with the hand,
yet it is found in
kings' palaces.

29 "There are three things
that are stately in their stride,
four
that move with stately bearing:

30 a lion, mighty among
beasts,
who retreats before nothing;

31 a strutting rooster, a
he-goat,
and a king with his army
around him.

32 "If you have played the
fool and exalted yourself,
or if you
have planned evil,
clap your hand over
your mouth!

33 For as churning the milk
produces butter,
and as twisting the
nose produces blood,
so stirring up
anger produces strife."

Footnotes:

Proverbs
30:1 Or Jakeh of Massa

Proverbs
30:1 Masoretic Text; with a different word division of the Hebrew
declared, "I am weary, O God; / I am weary, O God, and faint.

Proverbs
30:16 Hebrew Sheol

Proverbs
30:26 That is, the hyrax or rock badger

Proverbs
30:31 Or king secure against revolt

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