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Proverbs 30 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Pro 30:1 - The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the pronouncement.
The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:

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Pro 30:2 - I am certainly more stupid than any man,
And I do not have the understanding of a man;

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Pro 30:3 - Nor have I learned wisdom,
Nor do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.

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Pro 30:4 - Who has ascended into heaven and descended?
Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
Who has wrapped the waters in [fn]His garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name or His [fn]Son’s name?
Surely you know!

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Pro 30:5 - Every word of God is [fn]pure;
He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

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Pro 30:6 - Do not add to His words
Or He will rebuke you, and you will be proved a liar.

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Pro 30:7 - Two things I have asked of You;
Do not refuse me before I die:

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Pro 30:8 - Keep deception and [fn]lies far from me,
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the food that is my portion,

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Pro 30:9 - So that I will not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the LORD?”
And that I will not become impoverished and steal,
And profane the name of my God.

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Pro 30:10 - Do not slander a slave to his master,
Or he will curse you and you will be found guilty.

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Pro 30:11 - There is a [fn]kind of person who curses his father
And does not bless his mother.

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Pro 30:12 - There is a [fn]kind who is pure in his own eyes,
Yet is not washed from his filthiness.

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Pro 30:13 - There is a [fn]kind—oh how lofty are his eyes!
And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.

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Pro 30:14 - There is a [fn]kind of person whose teeth are like swords
And his jaw teeth like knives,
To devour the poor from the earth
And the needy from among mankind.

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Pro 30:15 - The leech has two daughters:
“Give” and “Give.”
There are three things that will not be satisfied,
Four that will not say, “Enough”:

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Pro 30:16 - [fn]Sheol, the infertile womb,
Earth that is never satisfied with water,
And fire that never says, “Enough.”

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Pro 30:17 - The eye that mocks a father
And [fn]scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young eagles will eat it.

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Pro 30:18 - There are three things which are too wonderful for me,
Four which I do not understand:

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Pro 30:19 - The way of the eagle in the sky,
The way of a snake on a rock,
The way of a ship in the middle of the sea,
And the way of a man with a [fn]virgin.

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Pro 30:20 - This is the way of an adulterous woman:
She eats and wipes her mouth,
And says, “I have done no wrong.”

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Pro 30:21 - Under three things the earth quakes,
And under four, it cannot endure:

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Pro 30:22 - Under a slave when he becomes king,
And a fool when he is satisfied with food,

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Pro 30:23 - Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband,
And a female servant when she dispossesses her mistress.

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Pro 30:24 - Four things are small on the earth,
But they are exceedingly wise:

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Pro 30:25 - The ants are not a strong people,
But they prepare their food in the summer;

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Pro 30:26 - The rock hyraxes are not a mighty people,
Yet they make their houses in the rocks;

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Pro 30:27 - The locusts have no king,
Yet all of them go out in ranks;

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Pro 30:28 - The lizard you may grasp with the hands,
Yet it is in kings’ palaces.

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Pro 30:29 - There are three things which are stately in their march,
Even four which are stately when they walk:

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Pro 30:30 - The lion, which is mighty among animals
And does not [fn]retreat from anything,

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Pro 30:31 - The [fn]strutting rooster or the male goat,
And a king when his army is with him.

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Pro 30:32 - If you have been foolish in exalting yourself,
Or if you have plotted evil, put your hand on your mouth.

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Pro 30:33 - For the [fn]churning of milk produces butter,
And pressing the nose produces blood;
So the [fn]churning of anger produces strife.

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NASB20 Footnotes

Lit the

Or son’s

Lit refined

Lit words of falsehood

Or generation

Or generation

Or generation

Or generation

I.e., The netherworld

(30:17)

Lit despises to obey

(30:19)

Lit young unmarried woman

(30:30)

Lit turn back

(30:31)

Lit girt in the loins

(30:33)

Lit pressing

(30:33)

Lit pressing

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