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30:1  The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the prophecy uttered by the man unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal:
30:2  Truly I am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.
30:3  I have neither learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy.
30:4  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?
30:5  Every word of +God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
30:6  Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
30:7  Two things do I ask of thee; deny me them not before I die:
30:8  Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:
30:9  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.
30:10  Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
30:11  There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother;
30:12  there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;
30:13  there is a generation, how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!
30:14  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.
30:15  The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three things never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:
30:16  Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth which is not filled with water, and the fire which saith not, It is enough.
30:17  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.
30:18  There are three things too wonderful for me, and four that I know not:
30:19  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.
30:20  Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
30:21  Under three things the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:
30:22  Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;
30:23  under an odious woman when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
30:24  There are four things little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise:
30:25  The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
30:26  the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff;
30:27  the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;
30:28  thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.
30:29  There are three things which have a stately step, and four are comely in going:
30:30  The lion, mighty among beasts, which turneth not away for any;
30:31  a horse girt in the loins; or the he-goat; and a king, against whom none can rise up.
30:32  If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay the hand upon thy mouth.
30:33  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.