{"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/dbt/proverbs/30","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:07:42.744Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","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; the prophecy uttered by the man unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Truly I am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I have neither learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Who hath ascended up into the heavens, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a mantle? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Every word of +God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Two things do I ask of thee; 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 the bread of my daily need:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"there is a generation, how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off the earth, and the needy from among men."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three things never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth which is not filled with water, and the fire which saith not, It is enough."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The eye that mocketh at a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"There are three things too wonderful for me, and four that I know not:"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The way of an eagle in the heavens, 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."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Under three things the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"under an odious woman when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"There are four things little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise:"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"There are three things which have a stately step, and four are comely in going:"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"The lion, mighty among beasts, which turneth not away for any;"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"a horse girt in the loins; or the he-goat; and a king, against whom none can rise up."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay the hand upon thy mouth."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"For the pressing of milk bringeth forth butter, and the pressing of the nose bringeth forth blood; and the pressing of anger bringeth forth strife."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 30 (DBT)","markdown":"[Proverbs 30](https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/30)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/30 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}