# Proverbs 30 
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1. The words of Agur son of Jakeh. The oracle. The man declares, I am weary, O God; I am weary, O God, and worn out. 
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2. Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man. 
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3. I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One. 
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4. Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up 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? Surely you know! 
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5. Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. 
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6. Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar. 
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7. Two things I ask of you; deny them not to me before I die: 
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8. Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, 
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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. 
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10. Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty. 
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11. There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers. 
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12. There are those who are clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their filth. 
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13. There are those—how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift! 
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14. There are those whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, the needy from among mankind. 
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15. The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”: 
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16. Sheol, the barren womb, the land never satisfied with water, and the fire that never says, “Enough.” 
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17. The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures. 
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18. Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand: 
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19. the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin. 
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20. This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, “I have done no wrong.” 
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21. Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up: 
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22. a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with food; 
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23. an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress. 
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24. Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise: 
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25. the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer; 
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26. the rock badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in the cliffs; 
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27. the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank; 
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28. the lizard you can take in your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces. 
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29. Three things are stately in their tread; four are stately in their stride: 
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30. the lion, which is mightiest among beasts and does not turn back before any; 
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31. the strutting rooster, the he-goat, and a king whose army is with him. 
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32. If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth. 
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33. For pressing milk produces curds, pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife. 

(ESV)