Proverbs 30:1-14 ▼

1 The prophecie which ye man spake vnto Ithiel, euen to Ithiel, and Vcal.

2 Surely I am more foolish then any man, and haue not the vnderstanding of a man in me.

3 For I haue not learned wisedome, nor atteined to the knowledge of holy things.

4 Who hath ascended vp to heauen, and descended? Who hath gathered the winde in his fist? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the endes of the world? What is his name, and what is his sonnes name, if thou canst tell?

5 Euery worde of God is pure: he is a shield to those, that trust in him.

6 Put nothing vnto his wordes, least he reproue thee, and thou be found a lyar.

7 Two things haue I required of thee: denie me them not before I die.

8 Remooue farre from me vanitie and lyes: giue me not pouertie, nor riches: feede me with foode conuenient for me,

9 Least I be full, & denie thee, and say, Who is the Lorde? or least I be poore and steale, and take the Name of my God in vaine.

10 Accuse not a seruant vnto his master, lest he curse thee, when thou hast offended.

11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doeth not blesse their mother.

12 There is a generation that are pure in their owne conceite, and yet are not washed from their filthinesse.

13 There is a generation, whose eies are hautie, and their eye liddes are lifted vp.

14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swordes, and their chawes as kniues to eate vp the afflicted out of the earth, and the poore from among men.