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The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, |
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Surely I more brutish than man, and have not the understanding of a man. |
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I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. |
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Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what his name, and what his son's name, if thou canst tell? |
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Every word of God pure: he a shield unto them that put their trust in him. |
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Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. |
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Two have I required of thee; deny me not before I die: |
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Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: |
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Lest I be full, and deny , and say, Who the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God . |
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Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. |
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There is a generation curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. |
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# There is a generation pure in their own eyes, and is not washed from their filthiness. |
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# There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. |
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# There is a generation, whose teeth swords, and their jaw teeth knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from men. |
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The horseleach hath two daughters, , Give, give. There are three are never satisfied, , four say not, enough: |
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The grave; and the barren womb; the earth is not filled with water; and the fire saith not, enough. |
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The eye mocketh at father, and despiseth to obey mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. |
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There be three are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: |
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The way of an eagle in the air; 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. |
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Such the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. |
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For three the earth is disquieted, and for four it cannot bear: |
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For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; |
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For an odious when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. |
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There be four little upon the earth, but they exceeding wise: |
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The ants a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; |
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The conies a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; |
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The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; |
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The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. |
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There be three which go well, yea, four are comely in going: |
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A lion strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any; |
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A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom no rising up. |
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If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, thine hand upon thy mouth. |
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Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife. |