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Agu Agur’ r’s Pra Praye yer

PROVERBS 30:7-9

1The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh—an

• racle: This man declared to Ithiel,

to Ithiel and to Ucal:

2“I am the most ignorant of men;

I do not have a man’s understanding.

3I have not learned wisdom,

nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.

4Who has gone up to heaven and come

down? Who has gathered up the wind in the hollow of his hands? Who has wrapped up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and the name of his son? Tell me if you know!

5“Every word of God is flawless;

he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

PROVERBS 30:1-5

6Do not add to his words,

• r he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.

7“Two things I ask of you, O Lord; do not

refuse me before I die:

8Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give

me neither poverty nor riches, but give me

• nly my daily bread.

9Otherwise, I may have too much and

disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

10“Do not slander a servant to his master, or

he will curse you, and you will pay for it.

11“There are those who curse their fathers

and do not bless their mothers;

12 those who are pure in their own eyes and

yet are not cleansed of their filth;

PROVERBS 30:6-12

13 those whose eyes are ever so haughty,

whose glances are so disdainful;

14 those whose teeth are swords and whose

jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth, the needy from among mankind.

15“The leech has two daughters.

‘Give! Give!’ they cry. “There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:

16the grave, the barren womb,

land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’

17“The eye that mocks a father,

that scorns obedience to a mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.

18“There are three things that are too amazing

for me, four that I do not understand:

PROVERBS 30:13-18

19 the way of an eagle in the sky,

the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden.

20“This is the way of an adulteress: She eats

and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I’ve done nothing wrong.’

21“Under three things the earth trembles,

under four it cannot bear up:

22 a servant who becomes king, a fool who

is full of food,

23 an unloved woman who is married,

and a maidservant who displaces her mistress.

24“Four things on earth are small, yet they

are extremely wise:

25Ants are creatures of little strength,

yet they store up their food in the summer;

PROVERBS 30:19-25

26 coneys are creatures of little power, yet they

make their home in the crags;

27 locusts have no king,

yet they advance together in ranks;

28 a lizard can be caught with the hand, yet it is

found in kings’ palaces.

29“There are three things that are stately in

their stride, four that move with stately bearing:

30 a lion, mighty among beasts, who retreats

before nothing;

31 a strutting rooster, a he-goat,

and a king with his army around him.

32“If you have played the fool and exalted

yourself, or if you have planned evil, clap your hand over your mouth!

33For as churning the milk produces butter,

and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.”

PROVERBS 30:26-33

• Wisdom Li

Literature

• Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes
• Pr

Princ nciples es Not Pr Promises es

• An

Answe wers the Questio ion, “Ho How w sh shall we live?”

• Pr

Prover erbs 30 30 is one ne of el elev even en ex extend ended ed discour urses es

BOOK OF PROVERBS

Thi Thing ngs –

• th

that t are never r sa sati tisfi sfied

• to

too amazi zing to to understa rstand

• und

under er whi hich h the he ea earth h trem embles es

• th

that t are sm small yet t extr tremely wise se

• th

that t are sta state tely in th their r stri stride

5 NUMERICAL SAYINGS

• Fa

Falseho ehood – so someth thing untru true: a th thought, t, an idea, any prete tense se

• Li

Lies – ly lyin ing speech: a fals lse sta state tement t delibera rate tely pr presented d as true, with the intent to to deceive

• Fa

Falseho ehood and nd lies es are e any ny th thoughts, ts, ideas s or r words s th that t are no not true.

• ue. Any

ny dec ecep eption n or pr pretense

FIRST REQUEST: KEEP ME FROM FALSEHOOD

An Any –

• Di

Distortion of God’s Word

• Co

Contradic ictio ion of God’s Word

• Ad

Addit itio ion to God’s Word

• Re

Reje jection ion of

• f God’
• d’s Wor
• rd

MOST DANGEROUS LIES

• Kn

Know the truth of God’s Word

• Do

Do not add to God’s Word

APPLICATION OF FIRST REQUEST

“T “The secret things belong to the Lo Lord our God, but the th things s revealed belong to to us s an and to our children forever, th that t we we m may f y follow w al all the wo words ds o

• f t

this l law.” .”

DEUTERONOMY 29:29

Ke Keep me from the extremes of po pove verty an rty and w d wealth alth.

SECOND REQUEST

“When the Lo Lord your God brings you in into t the lan land h he s swore t to y your f fat athers, , to to Abra braham, Isaac and d Jacob, b, to to gi give yo you—a a lan land wit ith lar large flo louris ishin ing ci cities yo you did not build, houses filled wi with all ki kinds ds of go good d things gs yo you di did d no not provide, e, wel ells s you u did no not dig, and nd vi vineya yards and olive ve grove ves yo you did not pl plant—th then when you eat t and d are sa satisfi sfied ed, be e careful eful tha hat you u do no not forget the Lo Lord, who brought you out

• f
• f Eg

Egypt, ou

• ut of
• f the land of
• f slavery.”

DE DEUTERONO NOMY 6:10-12 12

WARNINGS ABOUT WEALTH

“The The wea ealth h of the he rich h is thei heir fo forti rtifi fied city ty, They They imagine ne it an n un un-sc scalable wa wall. ll.”

PRO PROVERBS ERBS 18:11

WARNINGS ABOUT WEALTH

“P “People le who wa want to ge get rich ch fa fall int nto te tempta ptati tion and d a tra trap p and d into to many fo foolish sh and nd ha harmful ful desi esires es tha hat pl plunge ge men into to ru ruin and d de destru tructi tion. Fo For the he love e of f money ney is s a root of f all ki kinds of evi

• vil. Some

me people, eager for mo money, have ve wa wandered from m the faith an and pie ierced themselv lves wit ith man any gri griefs.”

1 1 TIMOTHY 6: 6:9-10 10

WARNINGS ABOUT WEALTH

“T “The o

• ne w

who r received t the s seed th that t fe fell among th the th thorns, s, is s th the ma man who

• hears the wor
• rd,

d, bu but the wo worrie ies of this is lif life and th the de deceitfulness of

• f wealth ch

choke ke it it, m , mak aking i it u unfruitful”

MA MATTHEW 13:22

WARNINGS ABOUT WEALTH

• Bo

Both ex extrem emes es of pover erty and nd we wealt lth ca can le lead to

• self

lf- su sufficiency

• We

Wealth says, “God is not nec neces essary, I I can provide for my myself lf.” .”

• Po

Pover erty says, “God is no not hel helping ng, I I must provide for my myself lf.” .”

SELF- SUFFICIENCY

Je Jesus taught his fol

• llowe
• wers to
• pr

pray, “ , “Gi Give u us t toda day o

• ur da

daily br bread.” d.” J Jesus s saw da w daily de depe pende dence o

• n Go

God a d as i ide deal fo for God’s people.

Tw Two Principles:

• Av

Avoid any extremes that would di disow

• wn or
• r di

dishon

• nor
• r God
• d
• Li

Live a l a life of

• f da

daily faith

APPLICATION OF SECOND REQUEST