2Surely I am more stupid than any man,
         And I do not have the understanding of a man.

3Neither have I learned wisdom,
         Nor do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.

4Who has ascended into heaven and descended?
         Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
         Who has wrapped the waters in His garment?
         Who has established all the ends of the earth?
         What is His name or His son’s name?
         Surely you know!

5Every word of God is tested;
         He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

6Do not add to His words
         Or He will reprove you, and you will be proved a liar.

7Two things I asked of You,
         Do not refuse me before I die:

8Keep deception and lies far from me,
         Give me neither poverty nor riches;
         Feed me with the food that is my portion,

9That I not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the LORD?”
         Or that I not be in want and steal,
         And profane the name of my God.

10Do not slander a slave to his master,
         Or he will curse you and you will be found guilty.

11There is a kind of man who curses his father
         And does not bless his mother.

12There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes,
         Yet is not washed from his filthiness.

13There is a kind—oh how lofty are his eyes!
         And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.

14There is a kind of man whose teeth are like swords
         And his jaw teeth like knives,
         To devour the afflicted from the earth
         And the needy from among men.

15The leech has two daughters,
         “Give,” “Give.”
         There are three things that will not be satisfied,
         Four that will not say, “Enough”:

16Sheol, and the barren womb,
         Earth that is never satisfied with water,
         And fire that never says, “Enough.”

17The eye that mocks a father
         And scorns a mother,
         The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
         And the young eagles will eat it.

18There are three things which are too wonderful for me,
         Four which I do not understand:

19The way of an eagle in the sky,
         The way of a serpent on a rock,
         The way of a ship in the middle of the sea,
         And the way of a man with a maid.

20This is the way of an adulterous woman:
         She eats and wipes her mouth,
         And says, “I have done no wrong.”

21Under three things the earth quakes,
         And under four, it cannot bear up:

22Under a slave when he becomes king,
         And a fool when he is satisfied with food,

23Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband,
         And a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.

24Four things are small on the earth,
         But they are exceedingly wise:

25The ants are not a strong people,
         But they prepare their food in the summer;

26The shephanim are not mighty people,
         Yet they make their houses in the rocks;

27The locusts have no king,
         Yet all of them go out in ranks;

28The lizard you may grasp with the hands,
         Yet it is in kings’ palaces.

29There are three things which are stately in their march,
         Even four which are stately when they walk:

30The lion which is mighty among beasts
         And does not retreat before any,

31The strutting rooster, the male goat also,
         And a king when his army is with him.

32If you have been foolish in exalting yourself
         Or if you have plotted evil, put your hand on your mouth.

33For the churning of milk produces butter,
         And pressing the nose brings forth blood;
         So the churning of anger produces strife.

NASB ©1995

American Standard Version
Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;

Douay-Rheims Bible
I am the most foolish of men, and the wisdom of men is not with me.

Darby Bible Translation
Truly I am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.

English Revised Version
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man:

Webster's Bible Translation
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

World English Bible
"Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don't have a man's understanding.

Young's Literal Translation
For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.A Homily for Humble Folks
A Sermon (No. 2140) delivered on Lord's Day, April 27th, 1890 by C.H. Spurgeon at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man."--Proverbs 30:2. Sometimes it is necessary for a speaker to refer to himself, and he may feel it needful to do so in a way peculiar to the occasion. When Elihu addressed himself to Job and the three wise men, he commended himself to them saying, "I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth …
C.H. Spurgeon—Sermons on Proverbs

Temporal Advantages.
"We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content."--1 Tim. vi. 7, 8. Every age has its own special sins and temptations. Impatience with their lot, murmuring, grudging, unthankfulness, discontent, are sins common to men at all times, but I suppose one of those sins which belongs to our age more than to another, is desire of a greater portion of worldly goods than God has given us,--ambition and covetousness …
John Henry Newman—Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII

Parable of the Pharisee and Publican.
^C Luke XVIII. 9-14. ^c 9 And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought [It is commonly said that this parable teaches humility in prayer, but the preface and conclusion (see verse 14) show that it is indeed to set forth generally the difference between self-righteousness and humility, and that an occasion of prayer is chosen because it best illustrates the point which the Lord desired to teach. The parable shows that …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel

The Tenth Commandment
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.' Exod 20: 17. THIS commandment forbids covetousness in general, Thou shalt not covet;' and in particular, Thy neighbour's house, thy neighbour's wife, &c. I. It forbids covetousness in general. Thou shalt not covet.' It is lawful to use the world, yea, and to desire so much of it as may keep us from the temptation …
Thomas Watson—The Ten Commandments

Light for them that Sit in Darkness;
OR, A DISCOURSE OF JESUS CHRIST: AND THAT HE UNDERTOOK TO ACCOMPLISH BY HIMSELF THE ETERNAL REDEMPTION OF SINNERS: ALSO, HOW THE LORD JESUS ADDRESSED HIMSELF TO THIS WORK; WITH UNDENIABLE DEMONSTRATIONS THAT HE PERFORMED THE SAME. OBJECTIONS TO THE CONTRARY ANSWERED. 'Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us.'--Galatians 3:13. by John Bunyan--1674 ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. This solemn and searching treatise was first published in 1674, a copy of which is in …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3

Vehicles of Revelation; Scripture, the Church, Tradition.
(a) The supreme and unique revelation of God to man is in the Person of the Incarnate Son. But though unique the Incarnation is not solitary. Before it there was the divine institution of the Law and the Prophets, the former a typical anticipation (de Incarn. 40. 2) of the destined reality, and along with the latter (ib. 12. 2 and 5) for all the world a holy school of the knowledge of God and the conduct of the soul.' After it there is the history of the life and teaching of Christ and the writings …
Athanasius—Select Works and Letters or Athanasius

Of the Name of God
Exod. iii. 13, 14.--"And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you." We are now about this question, What God is. But who can answer it? Or, if answered, who can understand it? It should astonish us in …
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning

"Wash You, Make You Clean, Put Away the Evil of Your Doings from Before Mine Eyes; Cease to do Evil,"
Isaiah i. 16.--"Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil," &c. If we would have a sum of pure and undefiled religion, here it is set down in opposition to this people's shadow of religion, that consisted in external ordinances and rites. We think that God should be as well-pleased with our service as we ourselves, therefore we choose his commands which our humour hath no particular antipathy against and refuse others. But the Lord will not …
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning

Thoughts Upon Worldly-Riches. Sect. Ii.
TIMOTHY after his Conversion to the Christian Faith, being found to be a Man of great Parts, Learning, and Piety, and so every way qualified for the work of the Ministry, St. Paul who had planted a Church at Ephesus the Metropolis or chief City of all Asia, left him to dress and propagate it, after his departure from it, giving him Power to ordain Elders or Priests, and to visit and exercise Jurisdiction over them, to see they did not teach false Doctrines, 1 Tim. i. 3. That they be unblameable in …
William Beveridge—Private Thoughts Upon a Christian Life

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners Or, a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ, to his Poor Servant, John Bunyan
In this my relation of the merciful working of God upon my soul, it will not be amiss, if in the first place, I do in a few words give you a hint of my pedigree, and manner of bringing up; that thereby the goodness and bounty of God towards me, may be the more advanced and magnified before the sons of men. 2. For my descent then, it was, as is well known by many, of a low and inconsiderable generation; my father's house being of that rank that is meanest, and most despised of all the families in …
John Bunyan—Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

Further Incidents of the Journey to Jerusalem - the Mission and Return of the Seventy - the Home at Bethany - Martha and Mary
ALTHOUGH, for the reasons explained in the previous chapter, the exact succession of events cannot be absolutely determined, it seems most likely, that it was on His progress southwards at this time that Jesus designated' [3870] those seventy' [3871] others,' who were to herald His arrival in every town and village. Even the circumstance, that the instructions to them are so similar to, and yet distinct from, those formerly given to the Twelve, seems to point to them as those from whom the Seventy …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah

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