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         <div class="label">30</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Words of Agur</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">even</span></span><span class="content"> the prophecy:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">The man spake unto Ithiel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">even unto Ithiel and Ucal,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.30.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.30.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Surely I </span><span class="add"><span class="content">am</span></span><span class="content"> more brutish than </span><span class="add"><span class="content">any</span></span><span class="content"> man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.30.2"><span class="content">And have not the understanding of a man.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.30.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.30.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I neither learned wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.30.3"><span class="content">Nor have the knowledge of the holy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.30.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Who hath gathered the wind in his fists?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Who hath bound the waters in a garment?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">Who hath established all the ends of the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">What </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> his name, and what </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> his son's name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">If thou canst tell?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.30.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.30.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Every word of God </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> pure:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.30.5"><span class="content">He </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a shield unto them that put their trust in him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.30.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Add thou not unto his words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"><span class="content">Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.30.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.30.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Two </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things</span></span><span class="content"> have I required of thee;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.30.7"><span class="content">Deny me </span><span class="add"><span class="content">them</span></span><span class="content"> not before I die:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.30.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Remove far from me vanity and lies:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="content">Give me neither poverty nor riches;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="content">Feed me with food convenient for me:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.30.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Lest I be full, and deny </span><span class="add"><span class="content">thee</span></span><span class="content">, and say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">Who </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">Or lest I be poor, and steal,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">And take the name of my God </span><span class="add"><span class="content">in vain</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.30.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Accuse not a servant unto his master,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"><span class="content">Lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.30.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.30.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> a generation </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> curseth their father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.30.11"><span class="content">And doth not bless their mother.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.30.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.30.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> a generation </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that are</span></span><span class="content"> pure in their own eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.30.12"><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">yet</span></span><span class="content"> is not washed from their filthiness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.30.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.30.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> a generation, O how lofty are their eyes!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.30.13"><span class="content">And their eyelids are lifted up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.30.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> a generation, whose teeth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are as</span></span><span class="content"> swords, and their jaw teeth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">as</span></span><span class="content"> knives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from </span><span class="add"><span class="content">among</span></span><span class="content"> men.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.30.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The horseleach hath two daughters, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">crying</span></span><span class="content">, Give, give.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">There are three </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things that</span></span><span class="content"> are never satisfied,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Yea</span></span><span class="content">, four </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things</span></span><span class="content"> say not,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> enough:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.30.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The grave; and the barren womb;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="content">The earth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> is not filled with water;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="content">And the fire </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> saith not, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> enough.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.30.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The eye </span><span class="add"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content"> mocketh at </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">And despiseth to obey </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> mother,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">The ravens of the valley shall pick it out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">And the young eagles shall eat it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.30.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.30.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">There be three </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things which</span></span><span class="content"> are too wonderful for me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.30.18"><span class="content">Yea, four which I know not:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.30.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The way of an eagle in the air;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">The way of a serpent upon a rock;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">The way of a ship in the midst of the sea;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">And the way of a man with a maid.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.30.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Such </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the way of an adulterous woman;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="content">She eateth, and wipeth her mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="content">And saith, I have done no wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.30.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.30.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For three </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things</span></span><span class="content"> the earth is disquieted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.30.21"><span class="content">And for four </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which</span></span><span class="content"> it cannot bear:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.30.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.30.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For a servant when he reigneth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.30.22"><span class="content">And a fool when he is filled with meat;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.30.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For an odious </span><span class="add"><span class="content">woman</span></span><span class="content"> when she is married;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"><span class="content">And an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.30.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.30.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">There be four </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things which are</span></span><span class="content"> little upon the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.30.24"><span class="content">But they </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> exceeding wise:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.30.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.30.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The ants </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> a people not strong,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.30.25"><span class="content">Yet they prepare their meat in the summer;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.30.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.30.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The conies </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are but</span></span><span class="content"> a feeble folk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.30.26"><span class="content">Yet make they their houses in the rocks;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.30.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.30.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The locusts have no king,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.30.27"><span class="content">Yet go they forth all of them by bands;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.30.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The spider taketh hold with her hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"><span class="content">And is in kings' palaces.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.30.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.30.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">There be three </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things</span></span><span class="content"> which go well,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.30.29"><span class="content">Yea, four are comely in going:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.30.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.30.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">A lion </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which is</span></span><span class="content"> strongest among beasts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.30.30"><span class="content">And turneth not away for any;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.30.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">An greyhound; an he goat also;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"><span class="content">And a king, against whom </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> no rising up.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.30.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="content">Or if thou hast thought evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Lay</span></span><span class="content"> thine hand upon thy mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.30.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="content">And the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.30.33"><span class="content">So the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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