Proverbs 30:1-23

¹The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, even his prophecy; the inspired utterance of the man to Ithiel, even to Ithiel and Ucal.

²Truly I am more stupid than any man; There is not in me the understanding of a man.

³I have not learned wisdom, Nor have I gained the knowledge of the Most Holy.

⁴Who hath gone up into heaven and come down? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound up the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what his son's name, if thou knowest?

⁵Every word of God is pure; A shield is he to them that put their trust in him.

⁶Add not to his words, Lest he rebuke thee, and thou be found a liar.

⁷Two things do I ask of thee; Withhold them not from me, before I die!

⁸Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food which is needful for me;

⁹Lest I be full, and deny thee, And say, “Who is the LORD?” Or lest I be poor, and steal, And violate the name of my God.

¹⁰Talk not against a servant to his master, Lest he curse thee, and thou suffer for it.

¹¹There is a class of men that curse their fathers, And do not bless their mothers.

¹²There is a class who are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their filthiness.

¹³There is a class,—O how lofty are their eyes, And how are their eyelids lifted up!

¹⁴There is a class, whose teeth are swords, And their jaw-teeth knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, And the needy from among men.

¹⁵The vampire hath two daughters; “Give! give!” is their cry. There are three things which are never satisfied; Yea, four which say not, “Enough!”

¹⁶The underworld, and the barren womb; The earth, which is not satiated with water, And fire, which never saith, “It is enough!”

¹⁷The eye that mocketh at a father, And scorneth to obey a mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.

¹⁸These three things are too wonderful for me; Yea, there are four which I understand not:

¹⁹The track of an eagle in the air, The track of a serpent upon a rock, The track of a ship in the midst of the sea, And the track of a man with a maid.

²⁰Such is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, “I have done nothing wrong.”

²¹Under three things is the earth disquieted; Yea, under four it cannot bear up:

²²Under a servant when he becometh a king, And a fool when he is filled with bread;

²³Under an odious woman when she becometh a wife, And a handmaid when she becometh heir to her mistress.