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| 30:1 |
The words of Agur son of Jakeh of Massa. The man says to Ith'i-el, to Ith'i-el and Ucal:
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| 30:2 |
Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man.
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| 30:3 |
I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.
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| 30:4 |
Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? Surely you know!
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| 30:5 |
Every word of God proves true;he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
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| 30:6 |
Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you, and you be found a liar.
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| 30:7 |
Two things I ask of thee;deny them not to me before I die:
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| 30:8 |
Remove far from me falsehood and lying;give me neither poverty nor riches;feed me with the food that is needful for me,
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| 30:9 |
lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, 'Who is the LORD?' or lest I be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God.
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| 30:10 |
Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
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| 30:11 |
There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
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| 30:12 |
There are those who are pure in their own eyes but are not cleansed of their filth.
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| 30:13 |
There are those -- how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift!
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| 30:14 |
There are those whose teeth are swords, whose teeth are knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, the needy from among men.
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| 30:15 |
The leech has two daughters;'Give, give,' they cry. Three things are never satisfied;four never say, 'Enough':
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| 30:16 |
Sheol, the barren womb, the earth ever thirsty for water, and the fire which never says, 'Enough.'
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| 30:17 |
The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
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| 30:18 |
Three things are too wonderful for me;four I do not understand:
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| 30:19 |
the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden.
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| 30:20 |
This is the way of an adulteress: she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done no wrong.'
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| 30:21 |
Under three things the earth trembles;under four it cannot bear up:
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| 30:22 |
a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with food;
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| 30:23 |
an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.
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| 30:24 |
Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise:
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| 30:25 |
the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
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| 30:26 |
the badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in the rocks;
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| 30:27 |
the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank;
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| 30:28 |
the lizard you can take in your hands, yet it is in kings' palaces.
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| 30:29 |
Three things are stately in their tread;four are stately in their stride:
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| 30:30 |
the lion, which is mightiest among beasts and does not turn back before any;
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| 30:31 |
the strutting cock, the he-goat, and a king striding before his people.
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| 30:32 |
If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth.
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| 30:33 |
For pressing milk produces curds, pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife.
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