KJV Proverbs Chapter 30
1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, |even| the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, 2 Surely I |am| more brutish than |any| man, and have not the understanding of a man. 3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. 4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, 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 son's name, if thou canst tell? 5 Every word of God |is| pure: he |is| a shield unto them that put their trust in him. 6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. 7 Two |things| have I required of thee; deny me |them| not before I die: 8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 9 Lest I be full, and deny |thee|, and say, Who |is| the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God |in vain|. 10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. 11 |There is| a generation |that| curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. 12 |There is| a generation |that are| pure in their own eyes, and |yet| is not washed from their filthiness. 13 |There is| a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. 14 |There is| a generation, whose teeth |are as| swords, and their jaw teeth |as| knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from |among| men. 15 The horseleach hath two daughters, |crying|, Give, give. There are three |things that| are never satisfied, |yea|, four |things| say not, |It is| enough: 16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth |that| is not filled with water; and the fire |that| saith not, |It is| enough. 17 The eye |that| mocketh at |his| father, and despiseth to obey |his| mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. 18 There be three |things which| are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: 19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. 20 Such |is| the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. 21 For three |things| the earth is disquieted, and for four |which| it cannot bear: 22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; 23 For an odious |woman| when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. 24 There be four |things which are| little upon the earth, but they |are| exceeding wise: 25 The ants |are| a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; 26 The conies |are but| a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; 27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; 28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. 29 There be three |things| which go well, yea, four are comely in going: 30 A lion |which is| strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any; 31 A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom |there is| no rising up. 32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, |lay| thine hand upon thy mouth. 33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.