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Proverbs 30 Summary
Divine Mystery and Four-Fold Wisdom
Agur declares himself more brutish than any man and questions God's power, affirming that every word of God is pure and a shield to those who trust him. He requests deliverance from vanity and lies, asking neither poverty nor riches but his daily bread. The chapter then presents four sets of things: four insatiable things, four abominable generations, four small but exceeding wise creatures, and three or four things that go well.
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Proverbs 30:4-5
“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? Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.”
Proverbs 30:8-9
“Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 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.”
Proverbs 30:24-28
“There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.”
Proverbs 30:29-31
“There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going: A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any; A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.”
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