  THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON
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  30:1  The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, [even] the prophecy: the 
        man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,

  30:2  Surely I [am] more brutish than [any] man, and have not the 
        understanding of a man.

  30:3  I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

  30:4  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?

  30:5  Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield unto them that put 
        their trust in him.

  30:6  Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be 
        found a liar.

  30:7  Two [things] have I required of thee; deny me [them] not before 
        I die:

  30:8  Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor 
        riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

  30:9  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].

  30:10  Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and 
         thou be found guilty.

  30:11  [There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth 
         not bless their mother.

  30:12  [There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own eyes, 
         and [yet] is not washed from their filthiness.

  30:13  [There is] a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their 
         eyelids are lifted up.

  30:14  [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.

  30:15  The horseleach hath two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There 
         are three [things that] are never satisfied, [yea], four [things] 
         say not, [It is] enough:

  30:16  The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled 
         with water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is] enough.

  30:17  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.

  30:18  There be three [things which] are too wonderful for me, yea, 
         four which I know not:

  30:19  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.

  30:20  Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and 
         wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

  30:21  For three [things] the earth is disquieted, and for four 
         [which] it cannot bear:

  30:22  For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled 
         with meat;

  30:23  For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid 
         that is heir to her mistress.

  30:24  There be four [things which are] little upon the earth, but 
         they [are] exceeding wise:

  30:25  The ants [are] a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat 
         in the summer;

  30:26  The conies [are but] a feeble folk, yet make they their houses 
         in the rocks;

  30:27  The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

  30:28  The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.

  30:29  There be three [things] which go well, yea, four are comely 
         in going:

  30:30  A lion [which is] strongest among beasts, and turneth not away 
         for any;

  30:31  A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom 
         [there is] no rising up.

  30:32  If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou 
         hast thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy mouth.

  30:33  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.



