# Proverbs 30 (New King James Version)
The Wisdom of Agur

##### Chapter 30
###### 1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, _his_ utterance. This man declared to Ithiel--to Ithiel and Ucal:

###### 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.

###### 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?

###### 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.

###### 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.

###### 10 Do not malign a servant to his master,  
Lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.

###### 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,  
The barren womb,  
The earth _that_ is not satisfied with water--  
And the fire never says, "Enough!"

###### 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.

###### 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.

###### 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.

###### 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 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 skillfully grasps with its hands,  
And it is in kings' palaces.

###### 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,  
A male goat also,  
And a king _whose_ troops _are_ with him.

###### 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.