Proverbs:30

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* The words of Agur the son of Jakeh , even the prophecy : the man spoke to Ithiel , even to Ithiel and Ucal , * Surely I am more brutish than any man , and have not the understanding of a man . * I neither learned wisdom , nor have the knowledge of the holy . * Who has ascended up into heaven , or descended ? who has gathered the wind in his fists ? who has bound the waters in a garment ? who has established all the ends of the earth ? what is his name , and what is his son ' name , if you can tell ? * Every word of God is pure : he is a shield to them that put their trust in him . * Add you not to his words , lest he reprove you , and you be found a liar . * Two things have I required of you ; deny me them not before I die : * Remove far from me vanity and lies : give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me : * Lest I be full , and deny you , and say , Who is the LORD ? or lest I be poor , and steal , and take the name of my God in vain . * Accuse not a servant to his master , lest he curse you , and you be found guilty . * There is a generation that curses their father , and does not bless their mother . * There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes , and yet is not washed from their filthiness . * There is a generation , O how lofty are their eyes ! and their eyelids are lifted up . * 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 . * The horse leach has two daughters , crying , Give , give . There are three things that are never satisfied , yes , four things say not , It is enough : * The grave ; and the barren womb ; the earth that is not filled with water ; and the fire that said not , It is enough . * The eye that mocks at his father , and despises to obey his mother , the ravens of the valley shall pick it out , and the young eagles shall eat it . * There be three things which are too wonderful for me , yes , four which I know not : * The way of an eagle in the air ; the way of a serpent on a rock ; the way of a ship in the middle of the sea ; and the way of a man with a maid . * Such is the way of an adulterous woman ; she eats , and wipes her mouth , and said , I have done no wickedness . * For three things the earth is disquieted , and for four which it cannot bear : * For a servant when he reigns ; and a fool when he is filled with meat ; * For an odious woman when she is married ; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress . * There be four things which are little on the earth , but they are exceeding wise : * The ants are a people not strong , yet they prepare their meat in the summer ; * The conies are but a feeble folk , yet make they their houses in the rocks ; * The locusts have no king , yet go they forth all of them by bands ; * The spider takes hold with her hands , and is in kings 'palaces . * There be three things which go well , yes , four are comely in going : * A lion which is strongest among beasts , and turns not away for any ; * A greyhound ; an he goat also ; and a king , against whom there is no rising up . * If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself , or if you have thought evil , lay your hand on your mouth . * Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter , and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood : so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife .

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