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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Proverbs 30 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/30.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/proverbs/30-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NRSVCE</a> > Proverbs 30</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/29.htm" title="Proverbs 29">◄</a> Proverbs 30 <a href="../proverbs/31.htm" title="Proverbs 31">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"> <h3>Sayings of Agur</h3>1The words of Agur son of Jakeh. An oracle.<div class="poetry top-1">Thus says the man: I am weary, O God,     I am weary, O God. How can I prevail?a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>] 2Surely I am too stupid to be human;     I do not have human understanding. 3I have not learned wisdom,     nor have I knowledge of the holy ones.b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>] 4Who has ascended to heaven and come down?     Who has gathered the wind in the hollow of the hand? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment?     Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is the person’s name?     And what is the name of the person’s child?     Surely you know!</div> <div class="poetry top-1">5Every word of God proves true;     he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. 6Do not add to his words,     or else he will rebuke you, and you will be found a liar.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">7Two things I ask of you;     do not deny them to me before I die: 8Remove far from me falsehood and lying;     give me neither poverty nor riches;     feed me with the food that I need, 9or I shall be full, and deny you,     and say, “Who is the Lord?” or I shall be poor, and steal,     and profane the name of my God.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">10Do not slander a servant to a master,     or the servant will curse you, and you will be held guilty.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">11There are those who curse their fathers     and do not bless their mothers. 12There are those who are pure in their own eyes     yet are not cleansed of their filthiness. 13There are those—how lofty are their eyes,     how high their eyelids lift!— 14there are those whose teeth are swords,     whose teeth are knives, to devour the poor from off the earth,     the needy from among mortals.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">15The leechc</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>] has two daughters;     “Give, give,” they cry. Three things are never satisfied;     four never say, “Enough”: 16Sheol, the barren womb,     the earth ever thirsty for water,     and the fire that never says, “Enough.”d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</div> <div class="poetry top-1">17The eye that mocks a father     and scorns to obey a mother will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley     and eaten by the vultures.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">18Three things are too wonderful for me;     four I do not understand: 19the way of an eagle in the sky,     the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas,     and the way of a man with a girl.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">20This is the way of an adulteress:     she eats, and wipes her mouth,     and says, “I have done no wrong.”</div> <div class="poetry top-1">21Under three things the earth trembles;     under four it cannot bear up: 22a slave when he becomes king,     and a fool when glutted with food; 23an unloved woman when she gets a husband,     and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">24Four things on earth are small,     yet they are exceedingly wise: 25the ants are a people without strength,     yet they provide their food in the summer; 26the badgers are a people without power,     yet they make their homes in the rocks; 27the locusts have no king,     yet all of them march in rank; 28the lizarde</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>] can be grasped in the hand,     yet it is found in kings’ palaces.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">29Three things are stately in their stride;     four are stately in their gait: 30the lion, which is mightiest among wild animals     and does not turn back before any; 31the strutting rooster,f</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote f">f</a>] the he-goat,     and a king striding beforeg</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote g">g</a>] his people.</div> <div class="poetry top-1">32If you have been foolish, exalting yourself,     or if you have been devising evil,     put your hand on your mouth. 33For as pressing milk produces curds,     and pressing the nose produces blood,     so pressing anger produces strife.</div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Proverbs 30:1">Proverbs 30:1</a> Or I am spent. Meaning of Heb uncertain</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Proverbs 30:3">Proverbs 30:3</a> Or Holy One</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Proverbs 30:15">Proverbs 30:15</a> Meaning of Heb uncertain</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Proverbs 30:16">Proverbs 30:16</a> Meaning of Heb uncertain</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Proverbs 30:28">Proverbs 30:28</a> Or spider</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Proverbs 30:31">Proverbs 30:31</a> Gk Syr Tg Compare Vg: Meaning of Heb uncertain</li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Proverbs 30:31">Proverbs 30:31</a> Meaning of Heb uncertain</li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. 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