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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Proverbs 30

Chapter 30

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

Agur

Agur was probably a public teacher, and Ithiel and Ucal, his pupils; and this was the massa, or oracle, which he delivered, not by his own wisdom, but by the Holy Spirit, for the benefit of man; and which, it is probable, was added by "the men of Hezekiah."

even

31:1 2 Peter 1:19-21

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

I am

Job 42:3-6 Psalms 73:22 Isaiah 6:5 Romans 11:25 1 Corinthians 3:18 8:2 James 1:5

brutish

5:12 Psalms 92:6 Jeremiah 10:14 2 Peter 2:12-16

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

neither

Amos 7:14,15 Matthew 16:17

nor

Job 11:7-9 Matthew 11:27 John 17:3 Romans 11:33 Ephesians 3:18,19

have

Heb. know. the holy

Isaiah 6:3,10 30:11 57:15 Revelation 3:7 4:8

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?

Who hath ascended

Deuteronomy 30:12 John 3:13 Romans 10:6 Ephesians 4:9,10

who hath gathered

Job 38:4-41 Psalms 104:2-35 Isaiah 40:12-31 53:8

what is his name

Exodus 3:13-15 6:3 34:5-7 Deuteronomy 28:58

and what

Genesis 32:29 Judges 13:18 Psalms 2:7 Isaiah 7:14 9:6 Jeremiah 23:6 Matthew 1:21-23 Matthew 11:27 Luke 10:22

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

word

Psalms 12:6 18:30 19:8 119:140 Romans 7:12 James 3:17

pure

Heb. purified.

Genesis 15:1 Psalms 84:11 91:2 115:9-11 144:2

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

Add

Deuteronomy 4:2 12:32 Revelation 22:18,19

and

Job 13:7-9 1 Corinthians 15:15

Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:

have

1 Kings 3:5-9 2 Kings 2:9 Psalms 27:4 Luke 10:42

deny me them not

Heb. withhold them not from me.

Psalms 21:2

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

Remove

21:6 22:8 23:5 Psalms 62:9,10 119:29,37 Ecclesiastes 1:2 Isaiah 5:18 59:4 John 2:8 Acts 14:15

feed

Genesis 28:20 48:15,16 Exodus 16:15,18,21,22,29,35 Matthew 6:11,33 Luke 11:3 1 Timothy 6:6-8

convenient for me

Heb. of my allowance.

2 Kings 25:30 Jeremiah 37:21 52:34

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.

I be full

Deuteronomy 6:10-12 8:10-14 31:20 32:15 Nehemiah 9:25,26 Job 31:24-28 Jeremiah 2:31 Ezekiel 16:14,15,49,50 Daniel 4:17,30 Hosea 13:6 Acts 12:22,23

deny thee

Heb. belie thee. Who.

Exodus 5:2 2 Chronicles 32:15-17

or

6:30,31 Psalms 125:3

and take the name

29:24 Exodus 20:7 Leviticus 5:1 Matthew 26:72,74

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

Accuse not

Heb. Hurt not with thy tongue.

24:23 Deuteronomy 23:15 1 Samuel 22:9,10 24:9 26:19 30:15 2 Samuel 16:1-4 2 Samuel 19:26,27 Daniel 3:8-18 6:13,24 Romans 14:4

lest

11:26 24:24 28:27 Deuteronomy 15:9 2 Chronicles 24:22-24

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

a generation

12-14 Matthew 3:7 1 Peter 2:9

that curseth

17 20:20 Leviticus 20:9 Deuteronomy 21:20,21 27:16 Matthew 15:4-6 Mark 7:10-13

doth

1 Timothy 5:4,8

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

that are

21:2 Judges 17:5,13 1 Samuel 15:13,14 Job 33:9 Psalms 36:2 Isaiah 65:5 Jeremiah 2:22-24,35 Luke 11:39,40 16:15 18:11 2 Timothy 3:5 Titus 1:15,16 1 John 1:8-10

not

Psalms 51:2,7 Isaiah 1:16 Jeremiah 4:14 Ezekiel 36:25 Zechariah 13:1 1 Corinthians 6:11 Titus 3:5 1 John 1:7 Revelation 1:5

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

6:17 21:4 Psalms 101:5 131:1 Isaiah 2:11 3:16 Ezekiel 28:2-5,9 Daniel 11:36,37 Habakkuk 2:4 2 Thessalonians 2:3,4

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.

whose

12:18 Job 29:17 Psalms 3:7 52:2 57:4 58:6 Daniel 7:5-7 Revelation 9:8

to devour

22:16 28:3 Psalms 10:8,9 12:5 14:4 Ecclesiastes 4:1 Isaiah 32:7 Amos 2:7 4:1 8:4 Micah 2:1,2 3:1-5 Habakkuk 3:14 Zephaniah 3:3 Matthew 23:14 James 5:1-4

The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

The horseleach

Isaiah 57:3 Ezekiel 16:44-46 Matthew 23:32 John 8:39,44

Give

Isaiah 56:11,12 Hosea 4:18 Micah 7:3 Romans 16:18 2 Peter 2:3,13-15 Jude 1:11,12

There

21,24,29 6:16 Amos 1:3,6,9,11,13 2:1,4

It is enough

Heb. Wealth.

The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

27:20 Habakkuk 2:5

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.

eye

11 20:20 23:22 Genesis 9:21-27 Leviticus 20:9 Deuteronomy 21:18-21 2 Samuel 18:9,10,14-17

the ravens

1 Samuel 17:44 2 Samuel 21:10

valley

or, brook.

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

too

Job 42:3 Psalms 139:6

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.

way of an

Job 39:27 Isaiah 40:31

midst

Heb. heart. and the.

Exodus 22:16

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

7:13-23 Numbers 5:11-30

For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

a servant

19:10 28:3 Ecclesiastes 10:7 Isaiah 3:4,5

a fool

1 Samuel 25:3,10,11,25,36-38 30:16

For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

an odious

19:13 21:9,19 27:15

an handmaid

29:21

There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

little

Job 12:7

exceeding wise

Heb. wise, made wise.

The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

6:6-8

The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;

Leviticus 11:5 Psalms 104:18

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

The locusts

Exodus 10:4-6,13-15 Psalms 105:34 Joel 1:4,6,7 2:7-11,25 Revelation 9:3-11

by bands

Heb. gathered together.

A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

Numbers 23:24 Judges 14:18

A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.

greyhound

or, horse. Heb. girt in the lions. against.

16:14 20:2 Daniel 3:15-18

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

thou hast done

26:12 Ecclesiastes 8:3

lay

17:28 Job 21:5 40:4 Ecclesiastes 8:4 Micah 7:16,17 Romans 3:19

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.

so

15:18 16:28 17:14 26:21 28:25 29:22