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Agur Marvels at the Eagle and the Ship
by emmanuel_higgins
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Proverbs 30:18
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The words of
Agur the son of Jakeh,
even
the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
2
Surely I
am
more brutish than
any
man, and have not the understanding of a man.
3
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
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?
5
Every word of God
is
pure: he
is
a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
6
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
7
Two
things
have I required of thee; deny me
them
not before I die:
8
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
9
Lest I be full, and deny
thee
, and say, Who
is
the
L
ORD
? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God
in vain
.
10
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
11
There is
a generation
that
curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
12
There is
a generation
that are
pure in their own eyes, and
yet
is not washed from their filthiness.
13
There is
a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
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.
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:
16
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth
that
is not filled with water; and the fire
that
saith not,
It is
enough.
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.
There be three
things which
are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
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.
20
Such
is
the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
21
For three
things
the earth is disquieted, and for four
which
it cannot bear:
22
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
23
For an odious
woman
when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
24
There be four
things which are
little upon the earth, but they
are
exceeding wise:
25
The ants
are
a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
26
The conies
are but
a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
27
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
28
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
29
There be three
things
which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
30
A lion
which is
strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
31
A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom
there is
no rising up.
32
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil,
lay
thine hand upon thy mouth.
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.
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