Proverbs 30

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1 The words of Agur, the son of Iakea. Inspirational sayings [which] this person said to Iphilus, Ithil and Ukula:
2 Genuinely, I am more ignorant than any of the people, and there is no human mind for me,
3 And I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the saints.
4 Who ascended to heaven and descended? Who gathered the wind in his hand? Who tied the water in his clothes? Who has set all the borders of the earth? What name is he? And what is the name of his son? Do you know?
5 Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
6th Do not add to His words, that He does not reprove you, and you are not a liar.

7th I ask two things from You, do not refuse me, before I die:
8 Fuss and lies away from me, do not give me poverty and riches, feed me with daily bread,
9 Lest I be weary, I deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? And that, being impoverished, did not steal and use the name of my God in vain.

10 Do not curse the slave before his lord, lest he curse you, and you did not remain guilty.
eleven There is a generation who curses his father and does not bless his mother.
12 There is a race that is pure in its own eyes, whereas it is not washed from its uncleanness.
13 There is a kind - oh, how arrogant are his eyes, and how his eyelashes are raised!
14 There is a genus whose teeth are swords, and the jaws are knives to devour the poor on earth and the poor between people.

15 At insatiability there are two daughters: `Come on, come on! ' There are three insatiable, and four, who will not say: `pretty! '
16 Sheol and the infertile womb, a land that is not saturated with water, and fire that does not say: `pretty! '
17th The eye, mocking at the father and neglecting obedience to the mother, the crows are cut off, and the eagle's chicks will devour!

18 Three things are incomprehensible to me, and four I do not understand:
19 The path of the eagle in the sky, the path of the serpent on the rock, the way of the ship in the middle of the sea and the way of the man to the girl.
20 This is the way of the adulterous wife; She ate and wiped her mouth, and said: "I have done nothing wrong."
21 From three shakes the earth, four can not wear:
22 Slave, when he becomes king; A fool, when he is full of bread;
23 A shameful woman, when she is getting married, and a servant when she takes the place of her mistress.

24 Here are four small on earth, but they are wiser than wise:
25 Ants are not strong people, but they prepare their food in the summer;
26th Mountain mice are a weak people, but set their houses on a rock;
27th The locust has no king, but it is all slender;
28 The spider clings its paws, but it happens in the royal palaces.

29 Here three have a harmonious gait, and four gracefully act:
thirty The lion, the strongman between the beasts, will not step aside in front of anyone;
31 A horse and a goat, and a king among his people.
32 If you are stupid in your arrogance and thought evil, then put your hand on your mouth;
33 Because, like churning out milk produces butter, a push into the nose produces blood, and the excitement of anger produces a quarrel.

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