These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Proverbs 30
Tanakh 33 verses
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The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the burden. The man saith unto Ithiel, unto Ithiel and Ucal:
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- 2 Surely I am brutish, unlike a man, And have not the understanding of a man;
- 3 And I have not learned wisdom, That I should have the knowledge of the Holy One.
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Who hath ascended up into , and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his , and what is his son’s , if thou knowest?
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John 3:13 Revelation 19:12 Isaiah 53:8 Isaiah 9:6 Exodus 34:5-7 Isaiah 7:14 Job 38:4-41 Deuteronomy 30:12 Exodus 6:3 Deuteronomy 28:58 Jeremiah 23:6 Matthew 11:27 Genesis 32:29 Job 26:8 Isaiah 40:12-31 Psalm 2:7 Romans 10:6 Exodus 3:13-15 Psalm 68:18 Luke 10:22 Judges 13:18 Psalm 24:2 Psalm 104:2-35 Ephesians 4:8-10 Psalm 22:27 Matthew 1:21-23 -
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Every of is tried; He is a shield unto them that take refuge in Him.
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Add thou not unto His words, Lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
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Two things have I asked of Thee; Deny me them not before I die:
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Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with mine allotted bread;
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Matthew 6:11 1 Timothy 6:6-8 Psalm 62:9-10 Luke 11:3 Psalm 119:29 Ecclesiastes 1:2 Proverbs 22:8 Jeremiah 52:34 Exodus 16:21-22 Genesis 48:15-16 Acts 14:15 Matthew 6:33 Jeremiah 37:21 John 2:8 Exodus 16:29 Isaiah 5:18 Exodus 16:18 Job 23:12 Proverbs 21:6 Genesis 28:20 Psalm 119:37 Proverbs 23:5 Exodus 16:15 Exodus 16:35 2 Kings 25:30 Isaiah 59:4 -
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Lest I be full, and deny, and say: ‘Who is ?’ Or lest I be poor, and steal, And profane the of my .
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Deuteronomy 31:20 Hosea 13:6 Ezekiel 16:49-50 Job 31:24-28 Deuteronomy 8:10-14 Deuteronomy 32:15 Jeremiah 2:31 Deuteronomy 6:10-12 Joshua 24:27 Exodus 5:2 Nehemiah 9:25-26 Exodus 20:7 Acts 12:22-23 Matthew 26:74 Matthew 26:72 Ezekiel 16:14-15 Proverbs 29:24 Leviticus 5:1 2 Chronicles 32:15-17 Daniel 4:17 Daniel 4:30 Proverbs 6:30-31 Psalm 125:3 - 10 Slander not a unto his master, Lest he thee, and thou be found guilty.
- 11 There is a generation that their father, And do not their mother.
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There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their filthiness.
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Luke 18:11 Proverbs 16:2 Jeremiah 2:35 Isaiah 65:5 Jeremiah 4:14 Jeremiah 2:22-24 1 John 1:7-10 Luke 11:39-40 Luke 16:15 Judges 17:13 Job 33:9 Proverbs 21:2 Psalm 36:2 Psalm 51:2 Judges 17:5 Isaiah 1:16 Zechariah 13:1 2 Timothy 3:5 1 Corinthians 6:11 Titus 1:15-16 Ezekiel 36:25 1 Samuel 15:13-14 Psalm 51:7 Titus 3:5 Revelation 1:5 - 13 There is a generation, Oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.
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There is a generation whose teeth are as swords, and their great teeth as knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
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- 15 The horseleech hath two daughters: ‘Give, give.’ There are three things that are never satisfied, Yea, four that say not: ‘Enough’ :
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The grave; and the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not: ‘Enough.’
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- 17 The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young vultures shall eat it.
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There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I not:
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The way of an eagle in the air; The way of a serpent upon a rock; The way of a ship in the midst of the sea; And the way of a man with a young woman.
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So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith: ‘I have done no wickedness.’
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- 21 For three things the earth doth quake, And for four it cannot endure:
- 22 For a when he reigneth; And a churl when he is filled with food;
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For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
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There are four things which are little upon the earth, But they are exceeding wise:
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The ants are a people not strong, Yet they provide their food in the summer;
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The rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the crags;
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The locusts have no , Yet go they forth all of them by bands;
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- 28 The spider thou canst take with the hands, Yet is she in kings’ palaces.
- 29 There are three things which are stately in their march, Yea, four which are stately in going:
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The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, And turneth not away for any;
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The greyhound; the he-goat also; And the , against whom there is no rising up.
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If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast planned devices, lay thy hand upon thy mouth.
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For the churning of milk bringeth forth curd, And the wringing of the nose bringeth forth ; So the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
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