Proverbs:30

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* The words of Agur the son of Jakeh ; the prophecy uttered by the man unto Ithiel , [even ] unto Ithiel and Ucal : * Truly I am more stupid than any one ; and I have not a man 's intelligence . * I have neither learned wisdom , nor have I the knowledge of the Holy . * Who hath ascended up into the heavens , and descended ? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists ? Who hath bound the waters in a mantle ? Who hath established all the ends of the earth ? What is his name , and what is his son 's name , if thou knowest ? * Every word of +God is pure : he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him . * Add thou not unto his words , lest he reprove thee , and thou be found a liar . * Two things do I ask of thee ; deny me [them ] not before I die : * Remove far from me vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with the bread of my daily need : * lest I be full and deny [thee ], and say , Who is Jehovah ? or lest I be poor and steal , and outrage the name of my God . * Speak not too much about a servant to his master , lest he curse thee , and thou be held guilty . * There is a generation that curseth their father , and doth not bless their mother ; * there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes , yet are not washed from their filthiness ; * there is a generation , -- how lofty are their eyes , how their eyelids are lifted up ! * -- a generation whose teeth are swords , and their jaw-teeth knives , to devour the afflicted from off the earth , and the needy from [among ] men . * The leech hath two daughters : Give , give . There are three [things ] never satisfied ; four which say not , It is enough : * -- Sheol , and the barren womb ; the earth which is not filled with water , and the fire which saith not , It is enough . * The eye that mocketh at a father , and despiseth to obey a mother , the ravens of the valley shall pick it out , and the young eagles shall eat it . * There are three [things ] too wonderful for me , and four that I know not : * The way of an eagle in the heavens , 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 . * Such is the way of an adulterous woman : she eateth , and wipeth her mouth , and saith , I have done no wickedness . * Under three [things ] the earth is disquieted , and under four it cannot bear up : * Under a servant when he reigneth , and a churl when he is filled with meat ; * under an odious [woman ] when she is married , and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress . * There are four [things ] little upon the earth , and they are exceeding wise : * The ants , a people not strong , yet they provide their food in the summer ; * the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk , yet they make their house in the cliff ; * the locusts have no king , yet they go forth all of them by bands ; * thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands , yet is she in kings ' palaces . * There are three [things ] which have a stately step , and four are comely in going : * The lion , mighty among beasts , which turneth not away for any ; * a [horse ] girt in the loins ; or the he-goat ; and a king , against whom none can rise up . * If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself , or if thou hast thought evil , [lay ] the hand upon thy mouth . * For the pressing of milk bringeth forth butter , and the pressing of the nose bringeth forth blood ; and the pressing of anger bringeth forth strife .

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