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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 Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/proverbs/30.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Sayings of Agur</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh contain this message.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">I am weary, O God;</p><p class="line2">I am weary and worn out, O God.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I am too stupid to be human,</p><p class="line2">and I lack common sense.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I have not mastered human wisdom,</p><p class="line2">nor do I know the Holy One.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down?</p><p class="line2">Who holds the wind in his fists?</p><p class="line1">Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak?</p><p class="line2">Who has created the whole wide world?</p><p class="line1">What is his name—and his son’s name?</p><p class="line2">Tell me if you know!</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Every word of God proves true.</p><p class="line2">He is a shield to all who come to him for protection.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Do not add to his words,</p><p class="line2">or he may rebuke you and expose you as a liar.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>O God, I beg two favors from you;</p><p class="line2">let me have them before I die.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>First, help me never to tell a lie.</p><p class="line2">Second, give me neither poverty nor riches!</p><p class="line2">Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the LORD?”</p><p class="line2">And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Never slander a worker to the employer,</p><p class="line2">or the person will curse you, and you will pay for it.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Some people curse their father</p><p class="line2">and do not thank their mother.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They are pure in their own eyes,</p><p class="line2">but they are filthy and unwashed.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They look proudly around,</p><p class="line2">casting disdainful glances.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They have teeth like swords</p><p class="line2">and fangs like knives.</p><p class="line1">They devour the poor from the earth</p><p class="line2">and the needy from among humanity.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The leech has two suckers</p><p class="line2">that cry out, “More, more!”<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">There are three things that are never satisfied—</p><p class="line2">no, four that never say, “Enough!”:</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>the grave,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a></p><p class="line2">the barren womb,</p><p class="line2">the thirsty desert,</p><p class="line2">the blazing fire.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The eye that mocks a father</p><p class="line2">and despises a mother’s instructions</p><p class="line1">will be plucked out by ravens of the valley</p><p class="line2">and eaten by vultures.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>There are three things that amaze me—</p><p class="line2">no, four things that I don’t understand:</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>how an eagle glides through the sky,</p><p class="line2">how a snake slithers on a rock,</p><p class="line2">how a ship navigates the ocean,</p><p class="line2">how a man loves a woman.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>An adulterous woman consumes a man,</p><p class="line2">then wipes her mouth and says, “What’s wrong with that?”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>There are three things that make the earth tremble—</p><p class="line2">no, four it cannot endure:</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>a slave who becomes a king,</p><p class="line2">an overbearing fool who prospers,</p><p class="line2"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>a bitter woman who finally gets a husband,</p><p class="line2">a servant girl who supplants her mistress.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>There are four things on earth that are small but unusually wise:</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Ants—they aren’t strong,</p><p class="line2">but they store up food all summer.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Hyraxes<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a>—they aren’t powerful,</p><p class="line2">but they make their homes among the rocks.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Locusts—they have no king,</p><p class="line2">but they march in formation.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Lizards—they are easy to catch,</p><p class="line2">but they are found even in kings’ palaces.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>There are three things that walk with stately stride—</p><p class="line2">no, four that strut about:</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>the lion, king of animals, who won’t turn aside for anything,</p><p class="line2"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>the strutting rooster,</p><p class="line2">the male goat,</p><p class="line2">a king as he leads his army.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>If you have been a fool by being proud or plotting evil,</p><p class="line2">cover your mouth in shame.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>As the beating of cream yields butter</p><p class="line2">and striking the nose causes bleeding,</p><p class="line2">so stirring up anger causes quarrels.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">30:1a </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">son of Jakeh from Massa;</span><span class="ft"> or </span><span class="it">son of Jakeh, an oracle.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">30:1b </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew can also be translated </span><span class="it">The man declares this to Ithiel, / to Ithiel and to Ucal.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">30:15 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">two daughters who cry out, “Give, give!”</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">30:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Sheol.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">30:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">Coneys,</span><span class="ft"> or </span><span class="it">Rock badgers.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living 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