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Proverbs 30
1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man
spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the
understanding of a man.
3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered
the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath
established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's
name, if thou canst tell?
5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put
their trust in him.
6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be
found a liar.
7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I
die:
8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor
riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest
I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and
thou be found guilty.
11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not
bless their mother.
12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet
is not washed from their filthiness.
13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their
eyelids are lifted up.
14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw
teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among
men.
15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are
three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled
with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his
mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall
eat it.
18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a
rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a
maid.
20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth
her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it
cannot bear:
22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled
with meat;
23 For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is
heir to her mistress.
24 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they
are exceeding wise:
25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in
the summer;
26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in
the rocks;
27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by
bands;
28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
29 There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in
going:
30 A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for
any;
31 A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is
no rising up.
32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou
hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the
wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth
forth strife.
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