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Proverbs 30 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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CHAPTER 30
The Wisdom of Agur
The Wisdom of Agur
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1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, his utterance. This man declared to Ithiel—to Ithiel and Ucal:
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2 ​​Surely I am more stupid than any man,
​​And do not have the understanding of a man.
3 ​​I neither learned wisdom
​​Nor have knowledge of the Holy One.
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4 ​​Who has ascended into heaven, or descended?
​​Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
​​Who has bound 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,
​​If you know?
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5 ​​Every word of God is pure;
​​He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.
6 ​​Do not add to His words,
​​Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.
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7 ​​Two things I request of You
​​(Deprive me not before I die):
8 ​​Remove falsehood and lies far from me;
​​Give me neither poverty nor riches—
​​Feed me with the food allotted to me;
9 ​​Lest I be full and deny You,
​​And say, “Who is the LORD?”
​​Or lest I be poor and steal,
​​And profane the name of my God.
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10 ​​Do not malign a servant to his master,
​​Lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.
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11 ​​There is a generation that curses its father,
​​And does not bless its mother.
12 ​​There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,
​​Yet is not washed from its filthiness.
13 ​​There is a generation—oh, how lofty are their eyes!
​​And their eyelids are lifted up.
14 ​​There is a generation whose teeth are like swords,
​​And whose fangs are like knives,
​​To devour the poor from off the earth,
​​And the needy from among men.
​
15 ​​The leech has two daughters—
​​Give and Give!
​
​​There are three things that are never satisfied,
​​Four never say, “Enough!”:
16 ​​The grave,[fn]
​​The barren womb,
​​The earth that is not satisfied with water—
​​And the fire never says, “Enough!”
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17 ​​The eye that mocks his father,
​​And scorns obedience to his mother,
​​The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
​​And the young eagles will eat it.
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18 ​​There are three things which are too wonderful for me,
​​Yes, four which I do not understand:
19 ​​The way of an eagle in the air,
​​The way of a serpent on a rock,
​​The way of a ship in the midst of the sea,
​​And the way of a man with a virgin.
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20 ​​This is the way of an adulterous woman:
​​She eats and wipes her mouth,
​​And says, “I have done no wickedness.”
​
21 ​​For three things the earth is perturbed,
​​Yes, for four it cannot bear up:
22 ​​For a servant when he reigns,
​​A fool when he is filled with food,
23 ​​A hateful woman when she is married,
​​And a maidservant who succeeds her mistress.
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24 ​​There are four things which are little on the earth,
​​But they are exceedingly wise:
25 ​​The ants are a people not strong,
​​Yet they prepare their food in the summer;
26 ​​The rock badgers[fn] are a feeble folk,
​​Yet they make their homes in the crags;
27 ​​The locusts have no king,
​​Yet they all advance in ranks;
28 ​​The spider[fn] skillfully grasps with its hands,
​​And it is in kings’ palaces.
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29 ​​There are three things which are majestic in pace,
​​Yes, four which are stately in walk:
30 ​​A lion, which is mighty among beasts
​​And does not turn away from any;
31 ​​A greyhound,[fn]
​​A male goat also,
​​And a king whose troops are with him.[fn]
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32 ​​If you have been foolish in exalting yourself,
​​Or if you have devised evil, put your hand on your mouth.
33 ​​For as the churning of milk produces butter,
​​And wringing the nose produces blood,
​​So the forcing of wrath produces strife.
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NKJV Footnotes
Or Sheol
Or hyraxes
Or lizard
Exact identity unknown
A Jewish tradition reads a king against whom there is no uprising.
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