The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the revelation: Pro 31:12Pe 1:19-21
the man says to Ithiel,
to Ithiel and Ucal:
“Surely I am the most ignorant man, 1Co 3:18Psa 73:22Pro 5:121Co 8:22Pe 2:12-16Isa 6:5Jas 1:5Jer 10:14
and don’t have a man’s understanding.
I have not learned wisdom, Eph 3:18-19Pro 9:10Rev 3:7Rom 11:33Amo 7:14-15Isa 30:11Isa 57:15Isa 6:10
neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.
Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Jhn 3:13Eph 4:8-10Job 26:8Deu 30:12Isa 7:14Isa 9:6Mat 1:21-23Isa 40:12-31
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?
“Every word of God is flawless. Psa 18:30Psa 12:6Jas 3:17Psa 3:3Psa 84:11Psa 119:140Gen 15:1Psa 91:2
He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
Don’t you add to his words, Deu 12:32Deu 4:2Rev 22:18-19Job 13:7-91Co 15:15
lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.
“Two things I have asked of you. Luk 10:42Psa 27:42Ki 2:91Ki 3:5-9Psa 21:2
Don’t deny me before I die.
Remove far from me falsehood and lies. 1Ti 6:6-8Psa 62:9-10Psa 119:37Mat 6:33Luk 11:3Psa 119:29Job 23:12Pro 21:6
Give me neither poverty nor riches.
Feed me with the food that is needful for me,
lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Hos 13:6Deu 31:20Ezk 16:49-50Deu 8:10-14Deu 32:15Job 31:24-28Neh 9:25-26Deu 6:10-12
or lest I be poor, and steal,
and so dishonor the name of my God.
“Don’t slander a servant to his master, Ecc 7:21Rom 14:42Ch 24:22-242Sa 19:26-27Dan 3:8-18Dan 6:13Dan 6:24Pro 24:23-24
lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
There is a generation that curses their father, Pro 20:20Pro 30:17Deu 27:16Exo 21:17Pro 30:12-14Lev 20:9Deu 21:20-211Ti 5:4
and doesn’t bless their mother.
There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, Luk 18:112Ti 3:5Pro 16:2Jer 2:351Jn 1:7-10Pro 21:2Tit 3:5Ezk 36:25
yet are not washed from their filthiness.
There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Pro 6:17Isa 2:11Psa 101:5Psa 131:1Dan 11:36-37Ezk 28:2-5Ezk 28:9Hab 2:4
Their eyelids are lifted up.
There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, Psa 57:4Psa 3:7Psa 14:4Job 29:17Amo 8:4Ecc 4:1Psa 12:5Psa 58:6
and their jaws like knives,
to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
“The leech has two daughters: Pro 30:21Pro 30:29Pro 6:16Rom 16:182Pe 2:13-152Pe 2:3Amo 1:11Jhn 8:39
‘Give, give.’
“There are three things that are never satisfied;
four that don’t say, ‘Enough!’:
Sheol, 1 Pro 27:20Hab 2:5Gen 30:1
the barren womb,
the earth that is not satisfied with water,
and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough!’
“The eye that mocks at his father, Deu 21:18-21Pro 23:22Pro 30:112Sa 18:14-17Lev 20:9Gen 9:21-27Pro 20:201Sa 17:44
and scorns obedience to his mother,
the ravens of the valley shall pick it out,
the young eagles shall eat it.
“There are three things which are too amazing for me, Job 42:3Psa 139:6
four which I don’t understand:
The way of an eagle in the air, Isa 40:31Job 39:27Exo 22:16
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.
“So is the way of an adulterous woman: Pro 5:6Pro 7:13-23Num 5:11-30
She eats and wipes her mouth,
and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
“For three things the earth trembles,
and under four, it can’t bear up:
For a servant when he is king, Pro 19:10Ecc 10:71Sa 25:10-111Sa 25:251Sa 25:31Sa 25:36-381Sa 30:16Isa 3:4-5
a fool when he is filled with food,
for an unloved woman when she is married, Pro 21:19Pro 27:15Pro 21:9Pro 29:21Pro 19:13
and a servant who is heir to her mistress.
“There are four things which are little on the earth, Job 12:7
but they are exceedingly wise:
The ants are not a strong people, Pro 6:6-8
yet they provide their food in the summer.
The hyraxes are but a feeble folk, Psa 104:18Lev 11:5
yet make they their houses in the rocks.
The locusts have no king, Exo 10:4-6Jol 1:6-7Jol 2:25Jol 2:7-11Psa 105:34Exo 10:13-15Jol 1:4Rev 9:3-11
yet they advance in ranks.
You can catch a lizard with your hands,
yet it is in kings’ palaces.
“There are three things which are stately in their march,
four which are stately in going:
The lion, which is mightiest among animals, Jdg 14:18Num 23:24
and doesn’t turn away for any;
the greyhound; Dan 3:15-18Pro 16:14Pro 20:2
the male goat;
and the king against whom there is no rising up.
“If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, Job 21:5Job 40:4Mic 7:16-17Pro 26:12Rom 3:19Ecc 8:3-4Pro 17:28
or if you have thought evil,
put your hand over your mouth.
For as the churning of milk produces butter, Pro 17:14Pro 28:25Pro 29:22Pro 15:18Pro 16:28Pro 26:21
and the wringing of the nose produces blood,
so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”