Proverbs 30

About Proverbs Proverbs collects short sayings of practical wisdom for daily life, rooted in the fear of the LORD.

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,SelectedProverbs 30:1Ask

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.SelectedProverbs 30:2Ask

I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.SelectedProverbs 30:3Ask

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?SelectedProverbs 30:4Ask

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.SelectedProverbs 30:5Ask

Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.SelectedProverbs 30:6Ask

Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:SelectedProverbs 30:7Ask

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:SelectedProverbs 30:8Ask

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.SelectedProverbs 30:9Ask

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.SelectedProverbs 30:10Ask

There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.SelectedProverbs 30:11Ask

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.SelectedProverbs 30:12Ask

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.SelectedProverbs 30:13Ask

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.SelectedProverbs 30:14Ask

The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:SelectedProverbs 30:15Ask

The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.SelectedProverbs 30:16Ask

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.SelectedProverbs 30:17Ask

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:SelectedProverbs 30:18Ask

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.SelectedProverbs 30:19Ask

Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.SelectedProverbs 30:20Ask

For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:SelectedProverbs 30:21Ask

For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;SelectedProverbs 30:22Ask

For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.SelectedProverbs 30:23Ask

There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:SelectedProverbs 30:24Ask

The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;SelectedProverbs 30:25Ask

The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;SelectedProverbs 30:26Ask

The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;SelectedProverbs 30:27Ask

The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.SelectedProverbs 30:28Ask

There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:SelectedProverbs 30:29Ask

A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;SelectedProverbs 30:30Ask

A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.SelectedProverbs 30:31Ask

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.SelectedProverbs 30:32Ask

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.SelectedProverbs 30:33Ask

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