1  The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy:
the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, 
 2  Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the
understanding of a man.  3  I neither learned wisdom, nor
have the knowledge of the holy.  4  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?  5  Every word
of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their
trust in him.  6  Add thou not unto his words, lest he
reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. 

 7  Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not
before I die:  8  Remove far from me vanity and lies: give
me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me:  9  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. 

 10  Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse
thee, and thou be found guilty.  11  There is a generation
that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. 
 12  There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes,
and yet is not washed from their filthiness.  13  There is a
generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids
are lifted up.  14  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. 

 15  The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give.
There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four
things say not, It is enough:  16  The grave; and the barren
womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire
that saith not, It is enough.  17  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. 

 18  There be three things which are too wonderful for me,
yea, four which I know not:  19  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. 
 20  Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and
wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. 
 21  For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four
which it cannot bear:  22  For a servant when he reigneth;
and a fool when he is filled with meat;  23  For an odious
woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to
her mistress. 

 24 ¶ There be four things which are little upon the earth,
but they are exceeding wise:  25  The ants are a people not
strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; 
 26  The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their
houses in the rocks;  27  The locusts have no king, yet go
they forth all of them by bands;  28  The spider taketh hold
with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. 

 29  There be three things which go well, yea, four are
comely in going:  30  A lion which is strongest among
beasts, and turneth not away for any;  31  A greyhound; an
he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising
up.  32  If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself,
or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth. 
 33  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. 

 

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