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Proverbs 30 NASB 1977
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<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Every word of God is tested; <br> He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Do not add to His words <br> Lest He reprove you, and you be proved a liar. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Two things I asked of Thee, <br> Do not refuse me before I die: <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Keep deception and lies far from me, <br> Give me neither poverty nor riches; <br> Feed me with the food that is my portion, <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Lest I be full and deny <i>Thee</i> and say, “Who is the LORD?” <br> Or lest I be in want and steal, <br> And profane the name of my God. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Do not slander a slave to his master, <br> Lest he curse you and you be found guilty. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>There is a kind of <i>man</i> who curses his father, <br> And does not bless his mother. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes, <br> Yet is not washed from his filthiness. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>There is a kind—oh how lofty are his eyes! <br> And his eyelids are raised <i>in arrogance.</i> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>There is a kind of <i>man</i> whose teeth are <i>like</i> swords, <br> And his jaw teeth <i>like</i> knives, <br> To devour the afflicted from the earth, <br> And the needy from among men. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The leech has two daughters, <br> “Give,” “Give.” <br> There are three things that will not be satisfied, <br> Four that will not say, “Enough”: <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Sheol, and the barren womb, <br> Earth that is never satisfied with water, <br> And fire that never says, “Enough.” <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The eye that mocks a father, <br> And scorns a mother, <br> The ravens of the valley will pick it out, <br> And the young eagles will eat it. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>There are three things which are too wonderful for me, <br> Four which I do not understand: <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The way of an eagle in the sky, <br> The way of a serpent on a rock, <br> The way of a ship in the middle of the sea, <br> And the way of a man with a maid. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>This is the way of an adulterous woman: <br> She eats and wipes her mouth, <br> And says, “I have done no wrong.” <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Under three things the earth quakes, <br> And under four, it cannot bear up: <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Under a slave when he becomes king, <br> And a fool when he is satisfied with food, <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband, <br> And a maidservant when she supplants her mistress. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Four things are small on the earth, <br> But they are exceedingly wise: <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The ants are not a strong folk, <br> But they prepare their food in the summer; <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The badgers are not mighty folk, <br> Yet they make their houses in the rocks; <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The locusts have no king, <br> Yet all of them go out in ranks; <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>The lizard you may grasp with the hands, <br> Yet it is in kings’ palaces. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>There are three things which are stately in <i>their</i> march, <br> Even four which are stately when they walk: <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>The lion <i>which</i> is mighty among beasts <br> And does not retreat before any, <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The strutting cock, the male goat also, <br> And a king <i>when his</i> army is with him. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>If you have been foolish in exalting yourself <br> Or if you have plotted <i>evil,</i> <i>put your</i> hand on your mouth. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://bible.cc/proverbs/30-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>For the churning of milk produces butter, <br> And pressing the nose brings forth blood; <br> So the churning of anger produces strife.<p></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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