Proverbs 30:1
Words of a Gatherer, son of an obedient one, the declaration, an affirmation of the man: --I have wearied myself for God, I have wearied myself for God, and am consumed.
Proverbs 30:2
For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.
Proverbs 30:3
Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet the knowledge of Holy Ones I know.
Proverbs 30:4
Who went up to heaven, and cometh down? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound waters in a garment? Who established all ends of the earth? What is His name? and what His son's name? Surely thou knowest!
Proverbs 30:5
Every saying of God is tried, A shield He is to those trusting in Him.
Proverbs 30:6
Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.
Proverbs 30:7
Two things I have asked from Thee, Withhold not from me before I die.
Proverbs 30:8
Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,
Proverbs 30:9
Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, `Who is Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.
Proverbs 30:10
Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.
Proverbs 30:11
A generation is , that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.
Proverbs 30:12
A generation--pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.
Proverbs 30:13
A generation--how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.
Proverbs 30:14
A generation--swords are their teeth, And knives--their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from among men.
Proverbs 30:15
To the leech are two daughters, `Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said `Sufficiency;'
Proverbs 30:16
Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth--it is not satisfied with water, And fire--it hath not said, `Sufficiency,'
Proverbs 30:17
An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.
Proverbs 30:18
Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:
Proverbs 30:19
The way of the eagle in the heavens, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the heart of the sea, And the way of a man in youth.
Proverbs 30:20
So--the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, `I have not done iniquity.'
Proverbs 30:21
For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four--it is not able to bear:
Proverbs 30:22
For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,
Proverbs 30:23
For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.
Proverbs 30:24
Four are little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise:
Proverbs 30:25
The ants are a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food,
Proverbs 30:26
Conies are a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house,
Proverbs 30:27
A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out--each one shouting,
Proverbs 30:28
A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king.
Proverbs 30:29
Three there are going well, Yea, four are good in going:
Proverbs 30:30
An old lion--mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any,
Proverbs 30:31
A girt one of the loins, or a he-goat, And a king--no rising up with him.
Proverbs 30:32
If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil--hand to mouth!
Proverbs 30:33
For the churning of milk bringeth out butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth out blood, And the forcing of anger bringeth out strife!