Proverbs 30:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, indeed the prophecy: the man spoke to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal,

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  • Prov 31:1 : 1 The words of King Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
  • 2 Pet 1:19-21 : 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy, to which you do well to take heed, as to a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts: 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy did not come in old time by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

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