Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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The Words of Agur
1 These are the solemn words
of Agur son of Jakeh:
“God is not with me, God is not with me,
and I am helpless. note
2
I am more like an animal than a man;
I do not have the sense a man should have.
3
I have never learned any wisdom,
and I know nothing at all about God.
4
Who has ever mastered heavenly knowledge?
Who has ever caught the wind in his hand?
Or wrapped up water in a piece of cloth?
Or fixed the boundaries of the earth?
Who is he, if you know? Who is his son?
5 “God keeps every promise he
makes. He is like a shield for all who
seek his protection.
6 If you claim
that he said something that he never
said, he will reprimand you and
show that you are a liar.”
More Proverbs
7 I ask you, God, to let me have
two things before I die:
8 keep me
from lying, and let me be neither
rich nor poor. So give me only as
much food as I need.
9 If I have
more, I might say that I do not need
you. But if I am poor, I might steal
and bring disgrace on my God.
10 Never criticize a servant to his
master. You will be cursed and suffer
for it.
11 There are people who curse their
fathers and do not show their appreciation
for their mothers.
12 There are people who think they
are pure when they are as filthy as
they can be.
13 There are people who think they
are so good—oh, how good they
think they are!
14 There are people who take cruel
advantage of the poor and needy;
that is the way they make their living.
15 A leech has two daughters, and
both are named “Give me!”
15 There are four things that are never
satisfied:
16
the world of the dead,
a woman without children,
dry ground that needs rain,
and a fire burning out of control.
17 Anyone who makes fun of his father
or despises his mother in her
old age note ought to be eaten by vultures
or have his eyes picked out by
wild ravens.
18 There are four things that are
too mysterious for me to understand:
19
an eagle flying in the sky,
a snake moving on a rock,
a ship finding its way over the sea,
and a man and a woman falling in love. note
20 This is how an unfaithful wife
acts: she commits adultery, takes a
bath, and says, “But I haven't done
anything wrong!”
21 There are four things that the
earth itself cannot tolerate:
22
a slave who becomes a king,
a fool who has all he wants to eat,
23
a hateful woman who gets
married,
and a servant girl who takes
the place of her mistress.
24 There are four animals in the
world that are small, but very, very
clever:
25
Ants: they are weak, but they
store up their food in the summer.
26
Rock badgers: they are not
strong either, but they make
their homes among the rocks.
27
Locusts: they have no king,
but they move in formation.
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28
Lizards: you can hold one in
your hand, but you can find
them in palaces.
29 There are four things that are
impressive to watch as they walk:
30
lions, strongest of all animals
and afraid of none;
31
goats, strutting roosters,
and kings in front of their
people. note
32 If you have been foolish enough
to be arrogant and plan evil, stop
and think!
33 If you churn milk, you
get butter. If you hit someone's nose,
it bleeds. If you stir up anger, you
get into trouble.
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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