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30:1  The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spoke unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal:
30:2  Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
30:3  I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
30:4  Who hath ascended up into heaven or hath 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?
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 have I required 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 only food sufficient for me,
30:9  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.
30:10  Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee and thou be found 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, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
30:13  There is a generation — O how lofty are their eyes, and their eyelids are lifted up!
30:14  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.
30:15  The horseleech hath two daughters, crying, “Give, give!” There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things that say not, “It is enough”:
30:16  the grave, the barren womb, the earth that is not filled with water, and the fire that saith not, “It is enough.”
30:17  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.
30:18  There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
30:19  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.
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  For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
30:22  for a servant when he reigneth, and a fool when he is filled with meat,
30:23  for an odious woman when she is married, and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.
30:24  There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
30:25  the ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
30:26  the conies are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks;
30:27  the locusts have no king, yet they go forth, all of them in ranks;
30:28  the spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
30:29  There are three things which go well, yea, four which are comely in their goings:
30:30  a lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
30:31  a greyhound, a hegoat also, and a king against whom there is no rising up.
30:32  If thou hast done foolishly in exalting thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
30:33  Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the stirring of wrath bringeth forth strife.