Book 20 Proverbs Chapter 030
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| 030:001 | The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
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| 030:002 | Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
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| 030:003 | I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
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| 030:004 | 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 is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?
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| 030:005 | Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
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| 030:006 | Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
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| 030:007 | Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
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| 030:008 | Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
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| 030:009 | 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.
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| 030:010 | Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
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| 030:011 | There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
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| 030:012 | There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
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| 030:013 | There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
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| 030:014 | 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.
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| 030:015 | The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
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| 030:016 | The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
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| 030:017 | 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.
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| 030:018 | There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
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| 030:019 | 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.
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| 030:020 | Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
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| 030:021 | For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
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| 030:022 | For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
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| 030:023 | For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
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| 030:024 | There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
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| 030:025 | The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
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| 030:026 | The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
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| 030:027 | The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
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| 030:028 | The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
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| 030:029 | There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
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| 030:030 | A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
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| 030:031 | A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
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| 030:032 | If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
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| 030:033 | 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. |