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size="1"><br><br></font> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-1.htm" target="_top"><b>1</b></a></span>The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the oracle.<br> The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-2.htm" target="_top"><b>2</b></a></span>Surely I am more stupid than any man,<br> And I do not have the understanding of a man.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-3.htm" target="_top"><b>3</b></a></span>Neither have I learned wisdom,<br> Nor do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-4.htm" target="_top"><b>4</b></a></span>Who has ascended into heaven and descended?<br> Who has gathered the wind in His fists?<br> Who has wrapped the waters in His garment?<br> Who has established all the ends of the earth?<br> What is His name or His son’s name?<br> Surely you know!<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-5.htm" target="_top"><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://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>Do not add to His words<br> Or He will reprove you, and you will be proved a liar.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>Two things I asked of You,<br> Do not refuse me before I die:<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-8.htm" target="_top"><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://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>That I not be full and deny <i>You</i> and say, “Who is the L<font size="1">ORD</font>?”<br> Or that I not be in want and steal,<br> And profane the name of my God.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>Do not slander a slave to his master,<br> Or he will curse you and you will be found guilty.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-11.htm" target="_top"><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://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-12.htm" target="_top"><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://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-13.htm" target="_top"><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://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-14.htm" target="_top"><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://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-15.htm" target="_top"><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://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-16.htm" target="_top"><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://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-17.htm" target="_top"><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://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-18.htm" target="_top"><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://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-19.htm" target="_top"><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://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-20.htm" target="_top"><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://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-21.htm" target="_top"><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://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-22.htm" target="_top"><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://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-23.htm" target="_top"><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://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-24.htm" target="_top"><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://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>The ants are not a strong people,<br> But they prepare their food in the summer;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>The shephanim are not mighty people,<br> Yet they make their houses in the rocks;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-27.htm" target="_top"><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://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-28.htm" target="_top"><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://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-29.htm" target="_top"><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://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-30.htm" target="_top"><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://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>The strutting rooster, the male goat also,<br> And a king <i>when his</i> army is with him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-32.htm" target="_top"><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://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>For the churning of milk produces butter,<br> And 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