{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/proverbs/30","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T13:38:42.221Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":30,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":29,"nextChapter":31,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":33},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spoke to Ithiel, even to Ithiel and Ucal,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Who has ascended up into heaven, or descended? who has gathered the wind in his fists? who has bound the waters in a garment? who has established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you can tell?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Every word of God is pure: he is a shield to them that put their trust in him."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Add you not to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Two things have I required of you; deny me them not before I die:"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Lest I be full, and deny you, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The horse leach has two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yes, four things say not, It is enough:"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that said not, It is enough."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yes, four which I know not:"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The 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 maid."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and said, I have done no wickedness."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with meat;"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"There be four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceeding wise:"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"The spider takes hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"There be three things which go well, yes, four are comely in going:"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turns not away for any;"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, lay your hand on your mouth."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood: so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 30 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Proverbs 30](https://primebible.com/akjv/proverbs/30)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/proverbs/30 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}