Proverbs 30 - EasyEnglish Bible 2024（EASY）

Chapter 30The wise words of Agur

1These are the words of Jakeh's son, Agur. It is an important message. The man says this to Ithiel:

God, I am weak and tired. I cannot continue to stand.

2I feel more stupid than any other person. I do not understand things as other people do.

3I have never learned wisdom. I do not know anything about God, the Holy One.

4No one has gone up to heaven and then come back. No one has held the wind in his hands. No one has tied his coat around the seas. No one has fixed the borders of the earth. If anyone has done this, tell me his name. Tell me his son's name. Tell me, if you know.

5Everything that God says is completely true. If you trust him, he will protect you like a soldier's shield.

6Do not add anything to what God has said. If you do that, he will warn you. He will show that you are someone who tells lies.

7God, I ask you to do two things for me. Please do them before I die:

8Do not let me ever deceive people with lies.

Do not let me be too rich or too poor.

Give me only as much food as I need each day.

9If I have more than enough,

I might say that I do not know you.

I might say, ‘Who is the Lord?’

But if I am poor, I might rob people.

That would insult my God's good name.

10Do not say bad things about a servant to his master. If you do, the servant may curse you, and then you will be guilty.

11There are some people who curse their fathers.

They do not bless their mothers.

12There are some people who think that they are perfect.

But they are still dirty inside.

13There are some people who are very proud.

They look down on everyone else.

14There are some people who are very cruel.

Their teeth are like swords and sharp knives.

They want to eat up all the poor and helpless people,

so that they disappear from the earth.

15A greedy leech has two daughters. They are always saying, ‘Give me more!’

There are three things that never have enough for themselves, even four things:

16The deep hole of death.

A wife who has no children.

Dry ground that needs rain.

A fire that burns strongly.

17 Punishment will come to anyone who insults his father, or who refuses to listen to his mother. Wild birds will pick out his eyes and vultures will eat his body.

18There are three things that are too difficult for me to understand, even four things:

19How an eagle flies high in the sky.

How a snake moves across a rock.

How a ship sails on the sea.

How a man starts to love a young woman.

20A woman who is not faithful to her husband does this: When she has sex with another man, she thinks it is like a meal that she has eaten. Then she washes herself and she says, ‘I have not done anything wrong.’ That is something else that I cannot understand.

21There are three things that make the earth shake, even four things:

22A slave who becomes a king.

A fool who eats too much.

23A woman that nobody loves who marries a husband.

A female servant who takes the place of the woman that she has served.

24There are four things that live on the earth which are very small, but they are also very wise:

25 Ants are not very strong, but they prepare their food in the summer.

26Rock badgers are weak animals, but they make their homes among the rocks.

27 Locusts have no king to lead them, but they all fly together as one.

28 Lizards are easy to catch with your hand, but you will see them in kings' palaces.

29There are three things that seem great as they walk around, even four things:

30 Lions are the strongest of all animals, and they are not afraid of anything.

31 Cockerels that shout proudly.

Male goats.

A king who has his army with him.

32You may be foolish and too proud of yourself. You may have ideas to do evil things. If that is true, stop yourself! Do not say a word!

33If you beat milk for a long time, it will become butter. If you hit someone's nose, it will bleed. In the same way, if you make people angry, it will cause trouble.