NITHYAM SONGSProverbs 30
World English Bible (WEB) • 33 verses
1The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the revelation: the man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:
2“Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don’t have a man’s understanding.
Related1 Corinthians 3:18 · Psalms 73:22 · Proverbs 5:12 · Psalms 49:10 · 1 Corinthians 8:2 · 2 Peter 2:12-16
3I have not learned wisdom, neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.
RelatedEphesians 3:18-19 · Romans 11:33 · Proverbs 9:10 · Revelation 3:7 · Revelation 4:8 · Matthew 16:17
4Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name, if you know?
5“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
6Don’t you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.
7“Two things I have asked of you. Don’t deny me before I die.
8Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me,
9lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
RelatedHosea 13:6 · Deuteronomy 31:20 · Ezekiel 16:49-50 · Deuteronomy 8:10-14 · Job 31:24-28 · Nehemiah 9:25-26
10“Don’t slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
RelatedEcclesiastes 7:21 · Romans 14:4 · Proverbs 24:23-24 · Daniel 6:13 · 2 Samuel 19:26-27 · 2 Chronicles 24:22-24
11There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.
RelatedProverbs 20:20 · Proverbs 30:17 · Exodus 21:17 · Proverbs 30:12-14 · Deuteronomy 27:16 · Leviticus 20:9
12There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.
13There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.
14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
15“The leech has two daughters: ‘Give, give.’ “There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don’t say, ‘Enough!’:
16Sheol, the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough!’
17“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.
RelatedDeuteronomy 21:18-21 · Proverbs 30:11 · Proverbs 23:22 · 2 Samuel 18:14-17 · Leviticus 20:9 · Proverbs 20:20
18“There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don’t understand:
19The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship in the middle of the sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.
20“So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
21“For three things the earth trembles, and under four, it can’t bear up:
22For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,
RelatedProverbs 19:10 · Ecclesiastes 10:7 · 1 Samuel 30:16 · 1 Samuel 25:10-11 · 1 Samuel 25:25 · Isaiah 3:4-5
23for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.
24“There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:
RelatedJob 12:7
25The ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.
RelatedProverbs 6:6-8
26The hyraxes are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.
27The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.
28You can catch a lizard with your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.
29“There are three things which are stately in their march, four which are stately in going:
30The lion, which is mightiest among animals, and doesn’t turn away for any;
31the greyhound; the male goat; and the king against whom there is no rising up.
32“If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.
33For as the churning of milk produces butter, and the wringing of the nose produces blood, so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”
RelatedProverbs 29:22 · Proverbs 17:14 · Proverbs 28:25 · Proverbs 15:18 · Proverbs 16:28 · Proverbs 26:21
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Translation: World English Bible (public domain) and the Tamil Old Version (BSI) — 1957.