30Proverbs 30

CHAP. XXX. / 1 Agurs confession of his faith. 7 The two points of his prayer. 10 The meanest are not to bee wronged. 11 Foure wicked generations. 15 Foure things insatiable. 17 Parents are not to bee

1The words of Agur the sonne of Iakeh, euen the prophecy: The man spake vnto Ithiel, euen vnto Ithiel and Ucal.Select Proverbs 30:1

2Surely I am more brutish then any man, and haue not the vnderstanding of a man.Select Proverbs 30:2

3I neither learned wisedome, nor haue the knowledge of the holy.Select Proverbs 30:3

4Who hath ascended vp into heauen, 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 sonnes name, if thou canst tell?Select Proverbs 30:4

5Euery word of God is pure: he is a shield vnto them that put their trust in him.Select Proverbs 30:5

6Adde thou not vnto his words, lest he reproue thee, and thou be found a lyar.Select Proverbs 30:6

7Two things haue I required of thee, deny me them not before I die.Select Proverbs 30:7

8Remoue farre from mee vanity, and lyes; giue me neither pouerty, nor riches, feede me with food conuenient for me.Select Proverbs 30:8

9Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poore, and steale, and take the name of my God in vaine.Select Proverbs 30:9

10Accuse not a seruant vnto his master; lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.Select Proverbs 30:10

11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not blesse their mother.Select Proverbs 30:11

12There is a generation that are pure in their owne eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthinesse.Select Proverbs 30:12

13There is a generation, O howe lofty are their eyes! and their eye-lids are lifted vp.Select Proverbs 30:13

14There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their iaw-teeth as kniues, to deuoure the poore from off the earth, and the needy from among men.Select Proverbs 30:14

15The horse-leach hath two daughters, crying, Giue, giue. There are three things that are neuer satisfied, yea foure things say not, It is enough:Select Proverbs 30:15

16The graue; and the barren wombe; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.Select Proverbs 30:16

17The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother; the rauens of the valley shall picke it out, and the young Eagles shall eate it.Select Proverbs 30:17

18There be three things which are too wonderfull for me; yea foure, which I know not:Select Proverbs 30:18

19The way of an Eagle in the ayre; the way of a serpent vpon a rocke; the the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.Select Proverbs 30:19

20Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I haue done no wickednesse.Select Proverbs 30:20

21For three things the earth is disquieted, and for foure which it cannot beare:Select Proverbs 30:21

22For a seruant when he reigneth, and a foole when hee is filled with meate:Select Proverbs 30:22

23For an odious woman when shee is married, and an handmayd that is heire to her mistresse.Select Proverbs 30:23

24There be foure things which are little vpon the earth; but they are exceeding wise:Select Proverbs 30:24

25The Ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meate in the summer.Select Proverbs 30:25

26The conies are but a feeble folke, yet make they their houses in the rocksSelect Proverbs 30:26

27The locustes haue no king, yet goe they forth all of them by bands.Select Proverbs 30:27

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

29There be three things which goe well, yea foure are comely in going:Select Proverbs 30:29

30A lyon which is strongest among beastes, and turneth not away for any:Select Proverbs 30:30

31A gray-hound; an hee-goate also; and a king, against whom there is no rising vp.Select Proverbs 30:31

32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting vp thy selfe, or if thou hast thought euill, lay thine hand vpon thy mouth.Select Proverbs 30:32

33Surely the churning of milke bringeth forth butter; and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.Select Proverbs 30:33