Proverbs 30 — KJVCP

30Verse 1The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal.^{Verse 2}Surely I am more brutish than any man,
And have not the understanding of a man.
^{Verse 3}I neither learned wisdom,
Nor have the knowledge of the holy.
^{Verse 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?^{Verse 5}Every word of God is pure:
He is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
^{Verse 6}Add thou not unto his words,
Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.^{Verse 7}Two things have I required of thee;
Deny me them not before I die:
^{Verse 8}Remove far from me vanity and lies:
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with food convenient for me:
^{Verse 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.^{Verse 10}Accuse not a servant unto his master,
Lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
^{Verse 11}There is a generation that curseth their father,
And doth not bless their mother.
^{Verse 12}There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes,
And yet is not washed from their filthiness.
^{Verse 13}There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes!
And their eyelids are lifted up.
^{Verse 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.^{Verse 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:
^{Verse 16}The grave; and the barren womb;
The earth that is not filled with water;
And the fire that saith not, It is enough.^{Verse 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.^{Verse 18}There be three things which are too wonderful for me,
Yea, four which I know not:
^{Verse 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.
^{Verse 20}Such is the way of an adulterous woman;
She eateth, and wipeth her mouth,
And saith, I have done no wickedness.^{Verse 21}For three things the earth is disquieted,
And for four which it cannot bear:
^{Verse 22}For a servant when he reigneth;
And a fool when he is filled with meat;
^{Verse 23}For an odious woman when she is married;
And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.^{Verse 24}There be four things which are little upon the earth,
But they are exceeding wise:
^{Verse 25}The ants are a people not strong,
Yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
^{Verse 26}The conies are but a feeble folk,
Yet make they their houses in the rocks;
^{Verse 27}The locusts have no king,
Yet go they forth all of them by bands;
^{Verse 28}The spider taketh hold with her hands,
And is in kings’ palaces.^{Verse 29}There be three things which go well,
Yea, four are comely in going:
^{Verse 30}A lion which is strongest among beasts,
And turneth not away for any;
^{Verse 31}A greyhound; a he goat also;
And a king, against whom there is no rising up.^{Verse 32}If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself,
Or if thou hast thought evil,
Lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
^{Verse 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.