| 30:1 | The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, from Massa. The man says: I am full of weariness, O God, I am full of weariness; O God, I have come to an end: |
| 30:2 | For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man: |
| 30:3 | I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One. |
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| 30:5 | Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him. |
| 30:6 | Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false. |
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| 30:7 | I have made request to you for two things; do not keep them from me before my death: |
| 30:8 | Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food: |
| 30:9 | For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly. |
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| 30:10 | Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble. |
| 30:11 | There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother. |
| 30:12 | There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways. |
| 30:13 | There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up! |
| 30:14 | There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men. |
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| 30:15 | The night-spirit has two daughters, Give, give. There are three things which are never full, even four which never say, Enough: |
| 30:16 | The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough. |
| 30:17 | The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles. |
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| 30:18 | There are three things, the wonder of which overcomes me, even four things outside my knowledge: |
| 30:19 | The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a snake on a rock; the way of a ship in the heart of the sea; and the way of a man with a girl. |
| 30:20 | This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong. |
| 30:21 | For three things the earth is moved, and there are four which it will not put up with: |
| 30:22 | A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased; |
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| 30:24 | There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are very wise: |
| 30:25 | The ants are a people not strong, but they put by a store of food in the summer; |
| 30:26 | The conies are only a feeble people, but they make their houses in the rocks; |
| 30:27 | The locusts have no king, but they all go out in bands; |
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| 30:29 | There are three things whose steps are good to see, even four whose goings are fair: |
| 30:30 | The lion, which is strongest among beasts, not turning from his way for any; |
| 30:31 | The war-horse, and the he-goat, and the king when his army is with him. |
| 30:32 | If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth. |
| 30:33 | The shaking of milk makes butter, and the twisting of the nose makes blood come: so the forcing of wrath is a cause of fighting. |
Proverbs 30 - Bible in Basic English
