Proverbs 30 - Prayer Tents

The Sayings of Agur

30The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh contain this message

. I am weary, O God; I am weary and worn out, O God.H1697H94H1121H3348H4853H1397H5002H384H384H4012I am too stupid to be human, and I lack common sense.H1198H376H998H1203I have not mastered human wisdom, nor do I know the Holy One.H3925H2451H3045H1847H69184Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down? Who holds the wind in his fists? Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak? Who has created the whole wide world? What is his name—and his son’s name? Tell me if you know!H5927H8064H3381H622H7307H2651H6887H4325H8071H6965H657H776H8034H1121H8034H30455Every word of God proves true. He is a shield to all who come to him for protection.H565H433H6884H4043H26206Do not add to his words, or he may rebuke you and expose you as a liar.H3254H1697H3198H35767O God, I beg two favors from you; let me have them before I die.H8147H7592H4513H41918First, help me never to tell a lie. Second, give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.H7368H7723H1697H3577H5414H7389H6239H2963H3899H27069For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.H7646H3584H559H3068H3423H1589H8610H8034H43010Never slander a worker to the employer, or the person will curse you, and you will pay for it.H3960H5650H113H7043H81611Some people curse their father and do not thank their mother.H1755H7043H1H1288H51712They are pure in their own eyes, but they are filthy and unwashed.H1755H2889H5869H7364H667513They look proudly around, casting disdainful glances.H1755H7311H5869H6079H537514They have teeth like swords and fangs like knives. They devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among humanity.H1755H8127H2719H4973H3979H398H6041H776H34H12015The leech has two suckers that cry out, “More, more!”

There are three things that are never satisfied—no, four that never say, “Enough!”.H5936H8147H1323H3051H3051H7969H7646H702H559H195216the grave

, the barren womb, the thirsty desert, the blazing fire.H7585H6115H7356H776H7646H4325H784H559H195217The eye that mocks a father and despises a mother’s instructions will be plucked out by ravens of the valley and eaten by vultures.H5869H3932H1H936H3349H517H6158H5158H5365H1121H5404H39818There are three things that amaze me—no, four things that I don’t understand.H7969H6381H702H304519how an eagle glides through the sky, how a snake slithers on a rock, how a ship navigates the ocean, how a man loves a woman.H1870H5404H8064H1870H5175H6697H1870H591H3820H3220H1870H1397H595920An adulterous woman consumes a man, then wipes her mouth and says, “What’s wrong with that?”H1870H5003H802H398H4229H6310H559H6466H20521There are three things that make the earth tremble—no, four it cannot endure.H7969H776H7264H702H3201H537522a slave who becomes a king, an overbearing fool who prospers,H5650H4427H5036H7646H389923a bitter woman who finally gets a husband, a servant girl who supplants her mistress.H8130H1166H8198H3423H140424There are four things on earth that are small but unusually wise.H702H6996H776H2449H245025Ants—they aren’t strong, but they store up food all summer.H5244H5971H5794H3559H3899H701926Hyraxes

—they aren’t powerful, but they make their homes among the rocks.H8227H6099H5971H7760H1004H555327Locusts—they have no king, but they march in formation.H697H4428H3318H268628Lizards—they are easy to catch, but they are found even in kings’ palaces.H8079H8610H3027H4428H196429There are three things that walk with stately stride—no, four that strut about.H7969H6806H3190H702H2895H321230the lion, king of animals, who won’t turn aside for anything,H3918H1368H929H7725H644031the strutting rooster, the male goat, a king as he leads his army.H4975H2223H8495H176H4428H51032If you have been a fool by being proud or plotting evil, cover your mouth in shame.H5034H5375H2161H3027H631033As the beating of cream yields butter and striking the nose causes bleeding, so stirring up anger causes quarrels.H4330H2461H3318H2529H4330H639H3318H1818H4330H639H3318H7379