The Proverbs 30

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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 ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain