Proverbs Chapter 30 (Index)

001  The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,

002  Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

003  I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

004  Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?

005  Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

006  Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

007  Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:

008  Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

009  Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

010  Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

011  There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

012  There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

013  There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

014  There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

015  The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

016  The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

017  The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

018  There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

019  The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.

020  Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

021  For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:

022  For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

023  For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

024  There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

025  The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

026  The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;

027  The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

028  The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.

029  There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:

030  A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

031  A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.

032  If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

033  Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.