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30:1  The words of Agur, Jakeh’s son, from Massa. The man declares: I’m tired, God; I’m tired, God, and I’m exhausted.
30:2  Actually, I’m too stupid to be human, a man without understanding.
30:3  I haven’t learned wisdom, nor do I have knowledge of the holy one.
30:4  Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind by the handful? Who has bound up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is this person’s name and the name of this person’s child— if you know it?
30:5  All God’s words are tried and true; a shield for those who take refuge in him.
30:6  Don’t add to his words, or he will correct you and show you to be a liar.
30:7  Two things I ask of you; don’t keep them from me before I die:
30:8  Fraud and lies— keep far from me! Don’t give me either poverty or wealth; give me just the food I need.
30:9  Or I’ll be full and deny you, and say, “Who is the Lord?” Or I’ll be poor and steal, and dishonor my God’s name.
30:10  Don’t slander a servant to his master; otherwise, the servant will curse you, and you will be guilty.
30:11  There are those who curse their father and don’t bless their mother.
30:12  There are those who think they are clean, but haven’t washed off their own excrement.
30:13  There are those— how arrogant are their eyes; how their eyebrows are raised!
30:14  There are those whose teeth are swords; their jaw is a butcher’s knife, ready to devour the needy from the earth, and the poor from humanity.
30:15  The leech has two daughters: “Give, give!” There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, “Enough!”:
30:16  the grave and a barren womb, a land never filled with water, and fire that doesn’t say, “Enough!”
30:17  An eye that mocks a father and rejects obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the river valley peck it out, and the eagle’s young eat it.
30:18  Three things are too wonderful for me, four that I can’t figure out:
30:19  the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on the rock, the way of a ship out on the open sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.
30:20  This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and she says, “I’ve done nothing wrong!”
30:21  At three things the earth trembles, at four it can’t bear up:
30:22  at a servant when he becomes king and fools when they are full of food;
30:23  at a detested woman when she gets married and a female servant when she replaces her mistress.
30:24  Four things are among the smallest on earth, but they are extremely wise:
30:25  Ants as creatures aren’t strong, but they store away their food in the summer.
30:26  Badgers as creatures aren’t powerful, but they make their homes in the rocks.
30:27  Locusts don’t have a king, but they march together in ranks.
30:28  You can catch lizards in your hand, but they are in kings’ palaces.
30:29  There are three things that are excellent in their stride, four that are excellent as they walk:
30:30  a lion, a warrior among beasts, which doesn’t back down at anything;
30:31  the strut of a rooster or a male goat; and a king with his army.
30:32  If you’ve been foolish and arrogant, if you’ve been scheming, put your hand to your mouth,
30:33  because churning milk makes curds, squeezing the nose brings blood, and stirring up anger produces strife.