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Proverbs 30:1-33 — Sayings of Agur

Prov.30.1-33

¹The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh, the utterance. The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal: ²Surely I am more ignorant than other men, and I do not have human understanding. ³I have not learned wisdom, nor do I know the Holy One. ⁴Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped 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? ⁵Every word of God is proven true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. ⁶Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be proved a liar. ⁷Two things I ask of you; do not withhold them from me before I die: ⁸Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread allotted to me. ⁹Otherwise I may become full and deny you and say, 'Who is the LORD?' Or I may become poor and steal and profane the name of my God. ¹⁰Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you and you bear the guilt. ¹¹There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother. ¹²There is a generation pure in its own eyes, yet not washed from its filth. ¹³There is a generation—how lofty its eyes are, and how high its eyelids are raised. ¹⁴There is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among mankind. ¹⁵The leech has two daughters: 'Give! Give!' Three things are never satisfied; four never say, 'Enough': ¹⁶Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, 'Enough.' ¹⁷The eye that mocks a father and scorns heedfulness to a mother—the ravens of the wadi will peck it out, and the young eagles will eat it. ¹⁸Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand: ¹⁹the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a maiden. ²⁰So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, 'I have done no wrong.' ²¹Under three things the earth trembles, and under four it cannot bear up: ²²a servant when he becomes king, and a fool when he is stuffed with food; ²³an unloved woman when she is married, and a maidservant when she inherits from her mistress. ²⁴Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise: ²⁵The ants are not a strong people, yet they prepare their food in the summer; ²⁶the rock badgers are not a mighty people, yet they make their homes in the crags; ²⁷the locusts have no king, yet all of them march out in ranks; ²⁸the lizard you can grasp with your hands, yet it is found in kings' palaces. ²⁹Three things are stately in their stride, and four are stately in their walk: ³⁰the lion, mighty among beasts, which does not turn back before anything; ³¹a strutting rooster , a he-goat, and a king whose people are with him. ³²If you have been foolish in exalting yourself, or if you have devised evil, put your hand over your mouth. ³³For pressing milk produces butter, and pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife.

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4/11/2026

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