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Prov.|30:1|-|The words of Agur the son of Jakeh. The oracle.The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:
Prov.|30:2|-|Surely I am more |a|stupid than any man,And do not have a man’s understanding;
Prov.|30:3|-|And I have not learned wisdom,Nor do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.
Prov.|30:4|-|Who has |a|ascended into heaven and descended?Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
Who has wrapped up the waters in His garment?Who has |b|established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name, and what is His Son’s name, if you know?
Prov.|30:5|-||a|Every word of God is tried;He is a shield to those who |b|take refuge in Him.
Prov.|30:6|-|Do |a|not add to His words,Lest He reprove you and you be found a liar.
Prov.|30:7|-|Two things I have asked of You;Do not refuse me before I die:
Prov.|30:8|-|Remove far from me falsehood and lies.Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the |a|food that is my portion,
Prov.|30:9|-|Lest I become full and deny You and say, Who is Jehovah?Or lest I become poor and steal and profane the name of my God.
Prov.|30:10|-|Do not slander a servant to his master,Lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
Prov.|30:11|-|There is a generation that curse their father,And do not bless their mother.
Prov.|30:12|-|There is a generation that are |a|pure in their own eyes,And yet are not |b|washed from their filthiness.
Prov.|30:13|-|There is a generation—oh how lofty are their eyes,And their eyelids are raised arrogantly.
Prov.|30:14|-|There is a generation whose teeth are like swords,And their jaw teeth like knives,
To devour the afflicted from off the earth,And the needy from among men.
Prov.|30:15|-|The leech has two daughters, crying, Give, give.There are three things that are never satisfied,
Indeed, four that do not say, Enough:
Prov.|30:16|-|Sheol and the barren womb,The earth that is not satisfied with water,
And the fire that does not say, Enough.
Prov.|30:17|-|The eye that mocks his fatherAnd despises to obey his mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,And the young eagles will eat it.
Prov.|30:18|-|There are three things which are too wonderful for me,Indeed four which I do not know:
Prov.|30:19|-|The way of an |a|eagle in the sky,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 maiden.
Prov.|30:20|-|This is the way of an adulterous woman:She eats and wipes her mouth
And says, I have done no wickedness.
Prov.|30:21|-|Under three things the earth quakes,And under four, it cannot bear up:
Prov.|30:22|-|Under a servant when he is king,And a fool when he is filled with food;
Prov.|30:23|-|Under a hated woman when she gets married,And a servant girl who is heir to her mistress.
Prov.|30:24|-|Four things are small on the earth,But they are exceedingly wise:
Prov.|30:25|-|The |a|ants are a clan without strength,Yet they prepare their food in the summer;
Prov.|30:26|-|The rock badgers are a clan without might,Yet they make their houses in the rocks;
Prov.|30:27|-|The swarming locusts have no king,Yet all of them go out in ranks;
Prov.|30:28|-|The lizard can be grasped with the hands,Yet she is in kings’ palaces.
Prov.|30:29|-|There are three things which are stately in their step,Indeed four which are stately in walking:
Prov.|30:30|-|The lion, which is mightiest among beasts,And does not turn back before any;
Prov.|30:31|-|The strutting cock girded in the loins, or a male goat,And a king who has a band of soldiers with him.
Prov.|30:32|-|If you have been foolish in exalting yourself,Or if you have thought an evil scheme,
Put your hand upon your mouth.
Prov.|30:33|-|For the churning of milk produces butter,And the wringing of the nose brings forth blood,
So the pressing of wrath brings forth strife.
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