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Read Proverbs 30

World English Bible · 33 verses

¹ The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the revelation: the man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
² “Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don’t have a man’s understanding.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³ I have not learned wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴ Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name, if you know?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁵ “Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁶ Don’t you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁷ “Two things I have asked of you. Don’t deny me before I die.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁸ Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁹ lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Yahweh?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁰ “Don’t slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹¹ There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹² There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹³ There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁴ There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁵ “The leech has two daughters: ‘Give, give.’ “There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don’t say, ‘Enough!’:This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁶ Sheol, the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough!’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁷ “The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁸ “There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don’t understand:This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁹ The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship in the middle of the sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁰ “So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²¹ “For three things the earth trembles, and under four, it can’t bear up:This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²² For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²³ for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁴ “There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁵ The ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁶ The hyraxes are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁷ The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁸ You can catch a lizard with your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁹ “There are three things which are stately in their march, four which are stately in going:This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁰ The lion, which is mightiest among animals, and doesn’t turn away for any;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³¹ the greyhound; the male goat; and the king against whom there is no rising up.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³² “If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³³ For as the churning of milk produces butter, and the wringing of the nose produces blood, so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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