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Proverbs 30 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:1 - The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, from Massa. The man says: I am full of weariness, O God, I am full of weariness; O God, I have come to an end:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:2 - For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:3 - I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:4 - Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:5 - Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:6 - Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:7 - I have made request to you for two things; do not keep them from me before my death:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8 - Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:9 - For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:10 - Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:11 - There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:12 - There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:13 - There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:14 - There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:15 - The night-spirit has two daughters, Give, give. There are three things which are never full, even four which never say, Enough:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:16 - The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:17 - The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:18 - There are three things, the wonder of which overcomes me, even four things outside my knowledge:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19 - The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a snake on a rock; the way of a ship in the heart of the sea; and the way of a man with a girl.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:20 - This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:21 - For three things the earth is moved, and there are four which it will not put up with:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:22 - A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:23 - A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:24 - There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are very wise:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:25 - The ants are a people not strong, but they put by a store of food in the summer;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:26 - The conies are only a feeble people, but they make their houses in the rocks;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:27 - The locusts have no king, but they all go out in bands;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:28 - You may take the lizard in your hands, but it is in kings' houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:29 - There are three things whose steps are good to see, even four whose goings are fair:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:30 - The lion, which is strongest among beasts, not turning from his way for any;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:31 - The war-horse, and the he-goat, and the king when his army is with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:32 - If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:33 - The shaking of milk makes butter, and the twisting of the nose makes blood come: so the forcing of wrath is a cause of fighting.
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