Such is the way of an adulterous woman she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: 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. 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. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: The grave and the barren womb the earth that is not filled with water and the fire that saith not, It is enough. The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. 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. There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. Two things have I required of thee deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches feed me with food convenient for me: 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. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. 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? Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spoke unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. Įvery word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. We have no other mention of Agur the son of Jakeh. When the men of Hezekiah gathered additional material for Proverbs ( Proverbs 25:1 ), they added these words of Agur. The words of Agur the son of Jakeh: Proverbs 30 is a collection of wisdom from a man known only to this chapter of the Bible.

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