Proverbs 30:1-19

The words of Agur son of Jakeh. The pronouncement.  , The man’s oration to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:  I am more stupid than any other person,  and I lack a human’s ability to understand.  I have not gained wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.  Who has gone up to heaven and come down?  Who has gathered the wind in his hands? Who has bound up the waters in a cloak?  Who has established all the ends of the earth?  What is his name, and what is the name of his son — if you know?  Every word of God is pure;  , he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.  Don’t add to his words,  or he will rebuke you, and you will be proved a liar.  Two things I ask of you; don’t deny them to me before I die: Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor wealth; feed me with the food I need.  Otherwise, I might have too much  and deny you,  saying, “Who is the  Lord? ”  or I might have nothing and steal,  profaning  the name of my God.  Don’t slander a servant to his master or he will curse you,  and you will become guilty. There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.  There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,  yet is not washed from its filth. There is a generation — how haughty its eyes and pretentious its looks.  There is a generation whose teeth are swords,  whose fangs are knives,  devouring the oppressed from the land  and the needy from among mankind. The leech has two daughters: “Give, Give! ” Three things  are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough! ”: Sheol;  a childless womb;  earth, which is never satisfied with water; and fire, which never says, “Enough! ” As for the eye that ridicules a father  and despises obedience to a mother, may ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures eat it.  Three things are too wondrous for me;  four I can’t understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship at sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.