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Proverbs 30
Chapter Reading
Proverbs 30
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1These are the words of Agur son of Jakeh — the burden that this man declared to Ithiel:
2Surely I am the most ignorant of men,
3I have not learned wisdom,
4Who has ascended to heaven and come down?
5Every word of God is flawless;
6Do not add to His words,
7Two things I ask of You —
8Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.
9Otherwise, I may have too much
10Do not slander a servant to his master,
11There is a generation of those who curse their fathers
12There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes
13There is a generation— how haughty are their eyes
14there is a generation whose teeth are swords
15The leech has two daughters:
16Sheol,
the barren womb,
land never satisfied with water,
and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’
17As for the eye that mocks a father
18There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:
19the way of an eagle in the sky,
the way of a snake on a rock,
the way of a ship at sea,
and the way of a man with a maiden.
20This is the way of an adulteress:
21Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
22a servant who becomes king,
a fool who is filled with food,
23an unloved woman who marries,
and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
24Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:
25The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
26the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;
27the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;
28and the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings.
29There are three things that are stately in their stride, and four that are impressive in their walk:
30a lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything;
31a strutting rooster;
a he-goat;
and a king with his army around him.
32If you have foolishly exalted yourself
33For as the churning of milk yields butter,
2Surely I am the most ignorant of men,
3I have not learned wisdom,
4Who has ascended to heaven and come down?
5Every word of God is flawless;
6Do not add to His words,
7Two things I ask of You —
8Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.
9Otherwise, I may have too much
10Do not slander a servant to his master,
11There is a generation of those who curse their fathers
12There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes
13There is a generation— how haughty are their eyes
14there is a generation whose teeth are swords
15The leech has two daughters:
16Sheol,
the barren womb,
land never satisfied with water,
and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’
17As for the eye that mocks a father
18There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:
19the way of an eagle in the sky,
the way of a snake on a rock,
the way of a ship at sea,
and the way of a man with a maiden.
20This is the way of an adulteress:
21Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
22a servant who becomes king,
a fool who is filled with food,
23an unloved woman who marries,
and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
24Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:
25The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
26the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;
27the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;
28and the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings.
29There are three things that are stately in their stride, and four that are impressive in their walk:
30a lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything;
31a strutting rooster;
a he-goat;
and a king with his army around him.
32If you have foolishly exalted yourself
33For as the churning of milk yields butter,
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