Proverbs 30:1-16 ▼

1 And the prophecie that the same man spake vnto Ithiel, euen vnto Ithiel and Uchal.

2 Surely I am more foolishe then any man, and haue no mans vnderstandyng.

3 I neuer learned wisdome, nor had knowledge of holy thynges.

4 Who hath clymed vp into heauen, and come downe from thence? who hath holden the wynde fast in his hande? who hath gathered together the waters in a garment? who hath established all the endes of the worlde: what is his name, and what is his sonnes name, yf thou canst tell?

5 Euery worde of God is pure: he is a shielde vnto all them that put their trust in hym.

6 Put thou nothyng vnto his wordes, lest he reproue thee, and thou be founde a lyar.

7 Two thinges haue I required of thee, denie me them not before I dye:

8 Remoue farre fro me vanitie and lyes, geue me neither pouertie nor riches, only graunt me a necessary lyuyng:

9 Lest peraduenture I beyng full, shoulde denie thee, and say, who is the Lorde? or beyng oppressed with pouertie fall to stealyng, and forswere the name of my God.

10 Accuse not a seruaunt vnto his maister, lest he speake euyll of thee, and thou be hurt.

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

12 There is a generation that thynke them selues cleane, and yet is not cleansed from their filthinesse.

13 There is a generation that hath a proude loke, and doth cast vp their eye lyddes.

14 There is a generation whose teeth are as swordes, and their chawes as knyues, to deuour the poore from of the earth, & the needy from among men.

15 The horse leache hath two daughters crying: bryng hyther, bryng hyther. There be three thynges that are neuer satisfied, yea foure thynges sayth neuer hoe:

16 The graue, the barren wombe, and the earth that hath neuer water enough: as for fire it sayth neuer hoe.