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Proverbs Chapter 30

Proverbs
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Proverbs

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In this chapter the author contrasts the wisdom of the righteous with the folly of the wicked, urging readers to seek knowledge and trust God. He lists the characteristics of a wise man and warns against the arrogance of the proud. The passage ends with a call to heed the counsel of the wise.

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(1) The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
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Proverbs 31:1II Peter 1:19II Peter 1:20II Peter 1:21

(2) Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
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Job 42:3Job 42:4Job 42:5Job 42:6Psalms 73:22Isaiah 6:5Romans 11:25I Corinthians 3:18I Corinthians 8:2James 1:5Proverbs 5:12Psalms 92:6

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Deuteronomy 4:6Jeremiah 44:25

(3) I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
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Amos 7:14Amos 7:15Matthew 16:17Job 11:7Job 11:8Job 11:9Matthew 11:27John 17:3Romans 11:33Ephesians 3:18Ephesians 3:19Isaiah 6:3

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Ecclesiastes 1:16Ecclesiastes 7:12I Kings 4:30

(4) Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?
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Deuteronomy 30:12John 3:13Romans 10:6Ephesians 4:9Ephesians 4:10Job 38:4Job 38:5Job 38:6Job 38:7Job 38:8Job 38:9Job 38:10

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Genesis 1:6Joshua 3:13Judges 7:24Jeremiah 10:13Jeremiah 51:16Ezekiel 47:4

(5) Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
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Psalms 12:6Psalms 18:30Psalms 19:8Psalms 119:140Romans 7:12James 3:17Genesis 15:1Psalms 84:11Psalms 91:2Psalms 115:9Psalms 115:10Psalms 115:11

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Titus 1:15

(6) Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
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Deuteronomy 4:2Deuteronomy 12:32Revelation 22:18Revelation 22:19Job 13:7Job 13:8Job 13:9I Corinthians 15:15

(7) Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
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I Kings 3:5I Kings 3:6I Kings 3:7I Kings 3:8I Kings 3:9II Kings 2:9Psalms 27:4Luke 10:42Psalms 21:2

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II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8

(8) Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
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Proverbs 21:6Proverbs 22:8Proverbs 23:5Psalms 62:9Psalms 62:10Psalms 119:29Psalms 119:37Ecclesiastes 1:2Isaiah 5:18Isaiah 59:4John 2:8Acts 14:15

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Genesis 41:48Ecclesiastes 1:2

(9) Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
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Deuteronomy 6:10Deuteronomy 6:11Deuteronomy 6:12Deuteronomy 8:10Deuteronomy 8:11Deuteronomy 8:12Deuteronomy 8:13Deuteronomy 8:14Deuteronomy 31:20Deuteronomy 32:15Nehemiah 9:25Nehemiah 9:26

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Exodus 34:12Leviticus 10:6Deuteronomy 4:9Deuteronomy 29:18Deuteronomy 32:27II Samuel 1:20

(10) Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
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Proverbs 24:23Deuteronomy 23:15I Samuel 22:9I Samuel 22:10I Samuel 24:9I Samuel 26:19I Samuel 30:15II Samuel 16:1II Samuel 16:2II Samuel 16:3II Samuel 16:4II Samuel 19:26

(11) There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
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Proverbs 30:12Proverbs 30:13Proverbs 30:14Matthew 3:7I Peter 2:9Proverbs 30:17Proverbs 20:20Leviticus 20:9Deuteronomy 21:20Deuteronomy 21:21Deuteronomy 27:16Matthew 15:4

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Luke 12:53Genesis 17:16Leviticus 20:9Matthew 15:4Mark 7:10Mark 8:12

(12) There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
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Proverbs 21:2Judges 17:5Judges 17:13I Samuel 15:13I Samuel 15:14Job 33:9Psalms 36:2Isaiah 65:5Jeremiah 2:22Jeremiah 2:23Jeremiah 2:24Jeremiah 2:35

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Titus 1:15

(13) There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
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Proverbs 6:17Proverbs 21:4Psalms 101:5Psalms 131:1Isaiah 2:11Isaiah 3:16Ezekiel 28:2Ezekiel 28:3Ezekiel 28:4Ezekiel 28:5Ezekiel 28:9Daniel 11:36

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Daniel 4:34

(14) There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
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Proverbs 12:18Job 29:17Psalms 3:7Psalms 52:2Psalms 57:4Psalms 58:6Daniel 7:5Daniel 7:6Daniel 7:7Revelation 9:8Proverbs 22:16Proverbs 28:3

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Joel 1:6Psalms 58:6Revelation 9:8I Samuel 12:3Psalms 57:4Psalms 78:8

(15) The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
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Isaiah 57:3Ezekiel 16:44Ezekiel 16:45Ezekiel 16:46Matthew 23:32John 8:39John 8:44Isaiah 56:11Isaiah 56:12Hosea 4:18Micah 7:3Romans 16:18

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Ezekiel 48:16Exodus 25:26Exodus 37:13Ezekiel 1:10Revelation 7:1Genesis 27:46

(16) The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
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Proverbs 27:20Habakkuk 2:5

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Jeremiah 20:17

(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 eagles shall eat it.
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Proverbs 30:11Proverbs 20:20Proverbs 23:22Genesis 9:21Genesis 9:22Genesis 9:23Genesis 9:24Genesis 9:25Genesis 9:26Genesis 9:27Leviticus 20:9Deuteronomy 21:18

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Luke 12:53Luke 6:42Luke 10:16Matthew 2:13Matthew 2:20Deuteronomy 22:6

(18) There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
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Job 42:3Psalms 139:6

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Ezekiel 48:16Exodus 25:26Exodus 37:13Ezekiel 1:10Revelation 7:1

(19) 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 maid.
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Job 39:27Isaiah 40:31Exodus 22:16

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Numbers 21:9

(20) Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
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Proverbs 7:13Proverbs 7:14Proverbs 7:15Proverbs 7:16Proverbs 7:17Proverbs 7:18Proverbs 7:19Proverbs 7:20Proverbs 7:21Proverbs 7:22Proverbs 7:23Numbers 5:11

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Jeremiah 44:9Romans 14:3Romans 14:6

(21) For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
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Ezekiel 48:16Exodus 25:26Exodus 37:13Ezekiel 1:10Revelation 7:1II Samuel 18:20

(22) For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
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Proverbs 19:10Proverbs 28:3Ecclesiastes 10:7Isaiah 3:4Isaiah 3:5I Samuel 25:3I Samuel 25:10I Samuel 25:11I Samuel 25:25I Samuel 25:36I Samuel 25:37I Samuel 25:38

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II Kings 16:15

(23) For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
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Proverbs 19:13Proverbs 21:9Proverbs 21:19Proverbs 27:15Proverbs 29:21

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I Samuel 1:11

(24) There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
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Job 12:7

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Ezekiel 48:16Exodus 25:26Exodus 37:13Ezekiel 1:10Revelation 7:1Matthew 2:16

(25) The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
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Proverbs 6:6Proverbs 6:7Proverbs 6:8

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II Kings 16:15Ezekiel 45:17Ezekiel 46:14Isaiah 28:7Haggai 2:4

(26) The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
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Leviticus 11:5Psalms 104:18

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Exodus 10:6Jeremiah 19:13

(27) The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
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Exodus 10:4Exodus 10:5Exodus 10:6Exodus 10:13Exodus 10:14Exodus 10:15Psalms 105:34Joel 1:4Joel 1:6Joel 1:7Joel 2:7Joel 2:8

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II Kings 24:2

(28) The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
(29) There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
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Ezekiel 48:16II Kings 4:26Exodus 25:26Exodus 37:13Ezekiel 1:10Revelation 7:1

(30) A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
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Numbers 23:24Judges 14:18

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Micah 5:8

(31) A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
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Proverbs 16:14Proverbs 20:2Daniel 3:15Daniel 3:16Daniel 3:17Daniel 3:18

(32) If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
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Proverbs 26:12Ecclesiastes 8:3Proverbs 17:28Job 21:5Job 40:4Ecclesiastes 8:4Micah 7:16Micah 7:17Romans 3:19

(33) Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
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Proverbs 15:18Proverbs 16:28Proverbs 17:14Proverbs 26:21Proverbs 28:25Proverbs 29:22

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I Samuel 2:6Isaiah 26:5Isaiah 52:7Matthew 7:17Matthew 12:35Luke 6:45

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