The Words of Agur 1The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the oracle. The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:
2Surely I am more stupid than any man,
3Neither have I learned wisdom,
4Who has ascended into heaven and descended?
5Every word of God is tested;
6Do not add to His words
7Two things I asked of You,
8Keep deception and lies far from me,
9That I not be full and deny You and say, Who is the LORD?
10Do not slander a slave to his master,
11There is a kind of man who curses his father
12There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes,
13There is a kindoh how lofty are his eyes!
14There is a kind of man whose teeth are like swords
15The leech has two daughters,
16Sheol, and the barren womb,
17The eye that mocks a father
18There are three things which are too wonderful for me,
19The way of an eagle in the sky,
20This is the way of an adulterous woman:
21Under three things the earth quakes,
22Under a slave when he becomes king,
23Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband,
24Four things are small on the earth,
25The ants are not a strong people,
26The shephanim are not mighty people,
27The locusts have no king,
28The lizard you may grasp with the hands,
29There are three things which are stately in their march,
30The lion which is mighty among beasts
31The strutting rooster, the male goat also,
32If you have been foolish in exalting yourself
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