Proverbs 30 : 1 (NCV)
These are the words of Agur son of Jakeh.
Proverbs 30 : 2 (NCV)
"I am the most stupid person there is, and I have no understanding.
Proverbs 30 : 3 (NCV)
I have not learned to be wise, and I don't know much about God, the Holy One.
Proverbs 30 : 4 (NCV)
Who has gone up to heaven and come back down? Who can hold the wind in his hand? Who can gather up the waters in his coat? Who has set in place the ends of the earth? What is his name or his son's name? Tell me, if you know!
Proverbs 30 : 5 (NCV)
"Every word of God is true. He guards those who come to him for safety.
Proverbs 30 : 6 (NCV)
Do not add to his words, or he will correct you and prove you are a liar.
Proverbs 30 : 7 (NCV)
"I ask two things from you, Lord. Don't refuse me before I die.
Proverbs 30 : 8 (NCV)
Keep me from lying and being dishonest. And don't make me either rich or poor; just give me enough food for each day.
Proverbs 30 : 9 (NCV)
If I have too much, I might reject you and say, 'I don't know the Lord.' If I am poor, I might steal and disgrace the name of my God.
Proverbs 30 : 10 (NCV)
"Do not say bad things about servants to their masters, or they will curse you, and you will suffer for it.
Proverbs 30 : 11 (NCV)
"Some people curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
Proverbs 30 : 12 (NCV)
Some people think they are pure, but they are not really free from evil.
Proverbs 30 : 13 (NCV)
Some people have such a proud look! They look down on others.
Proverbs 30 : 14 (NCV)
Some people have teeth like swords; their jaws seem full of knives. They want to remove the poor from the earth and the needy from the land.
Proverbs 30 : 15 (NCV)
"Greed has two daughters named 'Give' and 'Give.' There are three things that are never satisfied, really four that never say, 'I've had enough!':
Proverbs 30 : 16 (NCV)
the cemetery, the childless mother, the land that never gets enough rain, and fire that never says, 'I've had enough!'
Proverbs 30 : 17 (NCV)
"If you make fun of your father and refuse to obey your mother, the birds of the valley will peck out your eyes, and the vultures will eat them.
Proverbs 30 : 18 (NCV)
"There are three things that are too hard for me, really four I don't understand:
Proverbs 30 : 19 (NCV)
the way an eagle flies in the sky, the way a snake slides over a rock, the way a ship sails on the sea, and the way a man and a woman fall in love.
Proverbs 30 : 20 (NCV)
"This is the way of a woman who takes part in adultery: She acts as if she had eaten and washed her face; she says, 'I haven't done anything wrong.'
Proverbs 30 : 21 (NCV)
"There are three things that make the earth tremble, really four it cannot stand:
Proverbs 30 : 22 (NCV)
a servant who becomes a king, a foolish person who has plenty to eat,
Proverbs 30 : 23 (NCV)
a hated woman who gets married, and a maid who replaces her mistress.
Proverbs 30 : 24 (NCV)
"There are four things on earth that are small, but they are very wise:
Proverbs 30 : 25 (NCV)
Ants are not very strong, but they store up food in the summer.
Proverbs 30 : 26 (NCV)
Rock badgers are not very powerful, but they can live among the rocks.
Proverbs 30 : 27 (NCV)
Locusts have no king, but they all go forward in formation.
Proverbs 30 : 28 (NCV)
Lizards can be caught in the hand, but they are found even in kings' palaces.
Proverbs 30 : 29 (NCV)
"There are three things that strut proudly, really four that walk as if they were important:
Proverbs 30 : 30 (NCV)
a lion, the proudest animal, which is strong and runs from nothing,
Proverbs 30 : 31 (NCV)
a rooster, a male goat, and a king when his army is around him.
Proverbs 30 : 32 (NCV)
"If you have been foolish and proud, or if you have planned evil, shut your mouth.
Proverbs 30 : 33 (NCV)
Just as stirring milk makes butter, and twisting noses makes them bleed, so stirring up anger causes trouble."
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