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PROVERBS 30 : 7 - 9 Agu Agur’ r’s Pra Praye yer

PROVERBS 30 : 1 - 5 1 The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh—an oracle: 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. 3 I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One. 4 Who 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 : 6 - 12 6 Do not add to his words, or 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: 8 Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. 9 Otherwise, 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 : 13 - 18 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!’: 16 the 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 : 19 - 25 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: 25 Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;

PROVERBS 30 : 26 - 33 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! 33 For as churning the milk produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.”

BOOK OF PROVERBS • Wisdom Li Literature Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes • • Pr Princ nciples es Not Pr Promises es • An Answe wers the Questio ion, “Ho How w shall we live?” sh • Pr Prover erbs 30 30 is one ne of el elev even en ex extend ended ed discour urses es

5 NUMERICAL SAYINGS Thing Thi ngs – th that t are never r sa sati tisfi sfied • too amazi to 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 •

FIRST REQUEST: KEEP ME FROM FALSEHOOD Fa Falseho ehood – so someth thing untru true: a • thought, th t, an idea, any prete tense se Lies – ly Li lyin ing speech: a fals lse • sta state tement t delibera rate tely pr presented d as true, with the intent to deceive to Falseho Fa ehood and nd lies es are e any ny • thoughts, th ts, ideas s or r words s th that t are not true. no ue. Any ny dec ecep eption n or pr pretense

MOST DANGEROUS LIES Any – An • 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 of God’ od’s Wor ord

APPLICATION OF FIRST REQUEST • Kn Know the truth of God’s Word • Do Do not add to God’s Word

“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 of t this l law.” .” DEUTERONOMY 29 : 29

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

WARNINGS ABOUT WEALTH “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 of of Eg Egypt, ou out of of the land of of 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 imagine They ne it an n un un-sc scalable wa wall. ll.” PRO PROVERBS ERBS 18:11

WARNINGS ABOUT WEALTH “People “P le who wa want to ge get rich ch fa fall int nto tempta te 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. For the Fo 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 “The o “T one w who r received t the s seed that th t fe fell among th the th thorns, s, is s th the ma man who o hears the wor ord, d, bu but the wo worrie ies of this is lif life and the de th deceitfulness of of wealth ch choke ke it it, m , mak aking i it u unfruitful” MA MATTHEW 13:22

SELF- SUFFICIENCY Bo Both ex extrem emes es of pover erty and nd • we wealt lth ca can le lead to o self lf- su sufficiency We Wealth says, “God is not • neces nec essary, I I can provide for my myself lf .” .” Po Pover erty says, “God is no not • helping hel ng, I I must provide for my myself lf .” .”

Je Jesus taught his fol ollowe owers to o pr pray, “ , “Gi Give u us t toda day o our da daily bread.” br d.” J Jesus s saw da w daily de depe pende dence o on Go God a d as i ide deal fo for God’s people.

APPLICATION OF SECOND REQUEST Two Principles: Tw Av Avoid any extremes that would • di disow own or or di dishon onor or God od Li Live a l a life of of da daily faith •