Proverbs 30:1-20 ▼

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.

17 Who so laugheth his father to scorne, and setteth his mothers commaundement at naught, the rauens of the valley picke out his eyes, and deuoured be he of the young Egles.

18 There be three thynges whiche are wonderfull to me, yea foure whiche passe my vnderstandyng:

19 The way of an Egle in the ayre, the way of a serpent vpon a stone, the way of a ship in the middest of the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman:

20 Such is the way also of a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke, which wypeth her mouth lyke as when she hath eaten, and sayth, as for me I haue done no wickednesse.