Proverbs 30:1-33 CSB

[1] The words of Agur son of Jakeh. The pronouncement. The man's oration to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal: [2] I am more stupid than any other person, and I lack a human's ability to understand. [3] I have not gained wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One. [4] 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? [5] Every word of God is pure; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. [6] Don't add to his words, or he will rebuke you, and you will be proved a liar. [7] Two things I ask of you; don't deny them to me before I die: [8] Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor wealth; feed me with the food I need. [9] 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. [10] Don't slander a servant to his master or he will curse you, and you will become guilty. [11] There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother. [12] There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, yet is not washed from its filth. [13] There is a generation-how haughty its eyes and pretentious its looks. [14] There is a generation whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, devouring the oppressed from the land and the needy from among mankind. [15] The leech has two daughters: "Give, Give!" Three things are never satisfied; four never say, "Enough!": [16] Sheol; a childless womb; earth, which is never satisfied with water; and fire, which never says, "Enough!" [17] 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. [18] Three things are too wondrous for me; four I can't understand: [19] 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. [20] This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I've done nothing wrong." [21] The earth trembles under three things; it cannot bear up under four: [22] a servant when he becomes king, a fool when he is stuffed with food, [23] an unloved woman when she marries, and a servant girl when she ousts her queen. [24] Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise: [25] ants are not a strong people, yet they store up their food in the summer; [26] hyraxes are not a mighty people, yet they make their homes in the cliffs; [27] locusts have no king, yet all of them march in ranks; [28] a lizard can be caught in your hands, yet it lives in kings' palaces. [29] Three things are stately in their stride; four are stately in their walk: [30] a lion, which is mightiest among beasts and doesn't retreat before anything; [31] a strutting rooster; a goat; and a king at the head of his army. [32] If you have been foolish by exalting yourself or if you've been scheming, put your hand over your mouth. [33] For the churning of milk produces butter, and twisting a nose draws blood, and stirring up anger produces strife.