Proverbs 30 NKJV

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This man declared to Ithiel—to Ithiel and Ucal:</span></p> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Surely I <i>am</i> more stupid than <i>any</i> man,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-2">And do not have the understanding of a man.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I neither learned wisdom</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-3">Nor have knowledge of the Holy One.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Who has ascended into heaven, or descended?</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-4">Who has gathered the wind in His fists?</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-4">Who has bound the waters in a garment?</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-4">Who has established all the ends of the earth?</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-4">What <i>is</i> His name, and what <i>is</i> His Son’s name,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-4">If you know?</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Every word of God <i>is</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>pure;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-5">He <i>is</i> a shield to those who put their trust in Him.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Do not add to His words,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-6">Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Two <i>things</i> I request of You</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-7">(Deprive me not before I die):</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Remove falsehood and lies far from me;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-8">Give me neither poverty nor riches—</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-8">Feed me with the food allotted to me;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Lest I be full and deny <i>You,</i></span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-9">And say, “Who <i>is</i> the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>?”</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-9">Or lest I be poor and steal,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-9">And profane the name of my God.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Do not malign a servant to his master,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-10">Lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><i>There is</i> a generation <i>that</i> curses its father,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-11">And does not bless its mother.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><i>There is</i> a generation <i>that is</i> pure in its own eyes,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-12"><i>Yet</i> is not washed from its filthiness.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><i>There is</i> a generation—oh, how lofty are their eyes!</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-13">And their eyelids are <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>lifted up.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><i>There is</i> a generation whose teeth <i>are like</i> swords,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-14">And whose fangs <i>are like</i> knives,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-14">To devour the poor from off the earth,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-14">And the needy from <i>among</i> men.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The leech has two daughters—</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-15">Give <i>and</i> Give!</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Prov-30-15">There are three <i>things that</i> are never satisfied,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-15">Four never say, “Enough!”:</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span> grave,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-16">The barren womb,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-16">The earth <i>that</i> is not satisfied with water—</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-16">And the fire never says, “Enough!”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The eye <i>that</i> mocks <i>his</i> father,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-17">And scorns obedience to <i>his</i> mother,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-17">The ravens of the valley will pick it out,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-17">And the young eagles will eat it.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>There are three <i>things which</i> are too wonderful for me,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-18">Yes, four <i>which</i> I do not understand:</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The way of an eagle in the air,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-19">The way of a serpent on a rock,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-19">The way of a ship in the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>midst of the sea,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-19">And the way of a man with a virgin.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>This <i>is</i> the way of an adulterous woman:</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-20">She eats and wipes her mouth,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-20">And says, “I have done no wickedness.”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For three <i>things</i> the earth is perturbed,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-21">Yes, for four it cannot bear up:</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For a servant when he reigns,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-22">A fool when he is filled with food,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>A <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>hateful <i>woman</i> when she is married,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-23">And a maidservant who succeeds her mistress.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>There are four <i>things which</i> are little on the earth,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-24">But they <i>are</i> exceedingly wise:</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The ants <i>are</i> a people not strong,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-25">Yet they prepare their food in the summer;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>rock badgers are a feeble folk,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-26">Yet they make their homes in the crags;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The locusts have no king,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-27">Yet they all advance in ranks;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>The <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>spider skillfully grasps with its hands,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-28">And it is in kings’ palaces.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>There are three <i>things which</i> are majestic in pace,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-29">Yes, four <i>which</i> are stately in walk:</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>A lion, <i>which is</i> mighty among beasts</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-30">And does not turn away from any;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>A <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>greyhound,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-31">A male goat also,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-31">And <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[i]</a></span>a king <i>whose</i> troops <i>are</i> with him.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>If you have been foolish in exalting yourself,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-32">Or if you have devised evil, <i>put your</i> hand on <i>your</i> mouth.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>For <i>as</i> the churning of milk produces butter,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-33">And wringing the nose produces blood,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-30-33">So the forcing of wrath produces strife.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-17257a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 30:5">Proverbs 30:5</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>tested, refined, found pure</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17265b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 30:13">Proverbs 30:13</span> <span class='footnote-text'>In arrogance</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17268c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 30:16">Proverbs 30:16</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>Sheol</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17271d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 30:19">Proverbs 30:19</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>heart</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17275e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 30:23">Proverbs 30:23</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>hated</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17278f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 30:26">Proverbs 30:26</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>rock hyraxes</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17280g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 30:28">Proverbs 30:28</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>lizard</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17283h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 30:31">Proverbs 30:31</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or perhaps <i>strutting rooster,</i> lit. <i>girded of waist</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17283i"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 30:31">Proverbs 30:31</span> <span class='footnote-text'>A Jewish tradition <i>a king against whom there is no uprising</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 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