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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" /><title>Proverbs 30 ESV</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="../topmenuchap/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">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</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">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/proverbs/30.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap">The Words of Agur<a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-1.htm">1</a>The words of Agur son of Jakeh. The oracle.<a href="#footnotes" title="Or Jakeh, the man of Massa">a</a>The man declares, I am weary, O God; I am weary, O God, and worn out.<a href="#footnotes" title="Revocalization; Hebrew The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal">b</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-2.htm">2</a>Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man. <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-3.htm">3</a>I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One. <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-4.htm">4</a>Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name? Surely you know! <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-5.htm">5</a>Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-6.htm">6</a>Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar. <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-7.htm">7</a>Two things I ask of you; deny them not to me before I die: <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-8.htm">8</a>Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-9.htm">9</a>lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God. <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-10.htm">10</a>Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty. <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-11.htm">11</a>There are those<a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew There is a generation; also verses 12, 13, 14">c</a> who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers. <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-12.htm">12</a>There are those who are clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their filth. <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-13.htm">13</a>There are those—how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift! <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-14.htm">14</a>There are those whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, the needy from among mankind. <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-15.htm">15</a>The leech has two daughters: Give and Give.<a href="#footnotes" title="Or Give, give, they cry">d</a> Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”: <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-16.htm">16</a>Sheol, the barren womb, the land never satisfied with water, and the fire that never says, “Enough.” <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-17.htm">17</a>The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures. <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-18.htm">18</a>Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand: <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-19.htm">19</a>the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin. <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-20.htm">20</a>This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, “I have done no wrong.” <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-21.htm">21</a>Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up: <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-22.htm">22</a>a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with food; <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-23.htm">23</a>an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress. <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-24.htm">24</a>Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise: <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-25.htm">25</a>the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer; <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-26.htm">26</a>the rock badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in the cliffs; <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-27.htm">27</a>the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank; <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-28.htm">28</a>the lizard you can take in your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces. <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-29.htm">29</a>Three things are stately in their tread; four are stately in their stride: <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-30.htm">30</a>the lion, which is mightiest among beasts and does not turn back before any; <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-31.htm">31</a>the strutting rooster,<a href="#footnotes" title="Or the magpie, or the greyhound; Hebrew girt-of-loins">e</a> the he-goat, and a king whose army is with him.<a href="#footnotes" title="Or against whom there is no rising up">f</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-32.htm">32</a>If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth. <a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-33.htm">33</a>For pressing milk produces curds, pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife.<A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF">Footnotes: a 1 Or Jakeh, the man of Massa b 1 Revocalization; Hebrew The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal c 11 Hebrew There is a generation; also verses 12, 13, 14 d 15 Or "Give, give," they cry e 31 Or the magpie, or the greyhound; Hebrew girt-of-loins f 31 Or against whom there is no rising up </div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016). 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