Every word of +God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

a horse girt in the loins; or the he-goat; and a king, against whom none can rise up.

For the pressing of milk bringeth forth butter, and the pressing of the nose bringeth forth blood; and the pressing of anger bringeth forth strife.

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay the hand upon thy mouth.

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the prophecy uttered by the man unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal:

Who hath ascended up into the heavens, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a mantle? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?

Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:

Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three things never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:

The eye that mocketh at a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

There are three things too wonderful for me, and four that I know not:

Two things do I ask of thee; deny me them not before I die:

There are four things little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise:

Truly I am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.

There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother;

Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;

Under three things the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:

there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;

The lion, mighty among beasts, which turneth not away for any;

There are three things which have a stately step, and four are comely in going:

The way of an eagle in the heavens, 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.

Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

under an odious woman when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.

a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.

the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff;

I have neither learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy.

Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth which is not filled with water, and the fire which saith not, It is enough.

thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.

the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;

Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;

there is a generation, how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!