Proverbs - Chapter 30 | King James Version (KJV)

  • 1. The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, {cf15I even} the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
  • 2. Surely I {cf15I am} more brutish than {cf15I any} man, and have not the understanding of a man.
  • 3. I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
  • 4. Who hath ascended up into heaven, or 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 {cf15I is} his name, and what {cf15I is} his son's name, if thou canst tell?
  • 5. Every word of God {cf15I is} pure: he {cf15I is} a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
  • 6. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
  • 7. Two {cf15I things} have I required of thee; deny me {cf15I them} not before I die:
  • 8. Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
  • 9. Lest I be full, and deny {cf15I thee}, and say, Who {cf15I is} the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God {cf15I in vain}.
  • 10. Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
  • 11. {cf15I There is} a generation {cf15I that} curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
  • 12. {cf15I There is} a generation {cf15I that are} pure in their own eyes, and {cf15I yet} is not washed from their filthiness.
  • 13. {cf15I There is} a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
  • 14. {cf15I There is} a generation, whose teeth {cf15I are as} swords, and their jaw teeth {cf15I as} knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from {cf15I among} men.
  • 15. The horseleach hath two daughters, {cf15I crying}, Give, give. There are three {cf15I things that} are never satisfied, {cf15I yea}, four {cf15I things} say not, {cf15I It is} enough:
  • 16. The grave; and the barren womb; the earth {cf15I that} is not filled with water; and the fire {cf15I that} saith not, {cf15I It is} enough.
  • 17. The eye {cf15I that} mocketh at {cf15I his} father, and despiseth to obey {cf15I his} mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
  • 18. There be three {cf15I things which} are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
  • 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.
  • 20. Such {cf15I is} the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
  • 21. For three {cf15I things} the earth is disquieted, and for four {cf15I which} it cannot bear:
  • 22. For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
  • 23. For an odious {cf15I woman} when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
  • 24. There be four {cf15I things which are} little upon the earth, but they {cf15I are} exceeding wise:
  • 25. The ants {cf15I are} a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
  • 26. The conies {cf15I are but} a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
  • 27. The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
  • 28. The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
  • 29. There be three {cf15I things} which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
  • 30. A lion {cf15I which is} strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
  • 31. A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom {cf15I there is} no rising up.
  • 32. If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, {cf15I lay} thine hand upon thy mouth.
  • 33. Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
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