| 030:001 |
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake
unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, |
| 030:002 |
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding
of a man. |
| 030:003 |
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. |
| 030:004 |
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? |
| 030:005 |
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their
trust in him. |
| 030:006 |
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found
a liar. |
| 030:007 |
Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: |
| 030:008 |
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with food convenient for me: |
| 030:009 |
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. |
| 030:010 |
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou
be found guilty. |
| 030:011 |
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless
their mother. |
| 030:012 |
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not
washed from their filthiness. |
| 030:013 |
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids
are lifted up. |
| 030:014 |
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. |
| 030:015 |
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three
things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: |
| 030:016 |
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water;
and the fire that saith not, It is enough. |
| 030:017 |
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. |
| 030:018 |
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which
I know not: |
| 030:019 |
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. |
| 030:020 |
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her
mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. |
| 030:021 |
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot
bear: |
| 030:022 |
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; |
| 030:023 |
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir
to her mistress. |
| 030:024 |
There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are
exceeding wise: |
| 030:025 |
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the
summer; |
| 030:026 |
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the
rocks; |
| 030:027 |
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; |
| 030:028 |
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. |
| 030:029 |
There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going: |
| 030:030 |
A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any; |
| 030:031 |
A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no
rising up. |
| 030:032 |
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast
thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth. |
| 030:033 |
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. |
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