The words
of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the
man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
02 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and
have not the understanding of a man.
03 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the
knowledge of the holy.
04 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?
05 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto
them that put their trust in him.
06 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove
thee, and thou be found a liar.
07 Two things have I required of thee; deny me
them not before I die:
08 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me
neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food
convenient for me:
09 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is
the Lord? 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.
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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.
18 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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