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Proverbs 30
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| 30:1
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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| 30:2
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a
man. |
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| 30:3
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. |
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| 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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| 30:5
Every word of God is
pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. |
"Every word of God is pure."
Well
then, the Bible must not be the word of God. See
Ezek.23:20
and Mal.2:3 for just two examples of the "pure word of God."
Is every word of God pure?
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| 30:6
Add thou not unto his words,
lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. |
The New World Translation inserts the
word 'other' four times in Col.1:16-17 (although it is not included in
the Greek) to support the Governing Body's denial of the divinity of Christ.
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| 30:7
Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
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| 30:8
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with food convenient for me: |
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| 30:9
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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| 30:10
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be
found guilty. |
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| 30:11
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their
mother. |
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| 30:12
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not
washed from their filthiness. |
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| 30:13
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are
lifted up. |
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| 30:14
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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| 30:15
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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| 30:16
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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| 30:17
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. |
If you mock your father or disobey your
mother, the ravens will pick out your eyeballs and the eagles will eat them.
What the Bible says about children
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| 30:18
There be three things
which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: |
(30:18-19)
One of the four "wonderful"
things is "the way of a man with a maid." (As a sailor and
birdwatcher, though, I have to agree that the way an eagle flies and a ship
sails are two of the most wonderfull things.)
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| 30:19
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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| 30:20
Such is the way of an
adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done
no wickedness. |
Adulterous women eat, wipe their mouths, and
say "what a good girl am I."
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| 30:21
For three things the
earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: |
(30:21, 23)
One of the four things that the earth
cannot bear is: an odious woman when she is married."
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| 30:22
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; |
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| 30:23
For an odious woman
when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. |
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| 30:24
There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are
exceeding wise: |
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| 30:25
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the
summer; |
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| 30:26
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; |
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| 30:27
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; |
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| 30:28
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. |
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There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going: |
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| 30:30
A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any; |
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| 30:31
A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising
up. |
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| 30:32
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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| 30:33
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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"The wringing of the nose bringeth
forth blood."
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