32If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
33For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”
Focused Passage
Proverbs 30:32-33
The Sayings of Agur: Humility, the Word of God, Contentment, Wonder, and the Limits of Human Wisdom
The chapter moves from Agur's confession of human limitation, to confidence in God's flawless word, to prayer for truth and contentment, to warnings about arrogance, greed, and dishonor, to wonder at creation and the mystery of hidden ways, to social disorder, to wisdom learned from small creatures, and finally to restraint against self-exaltation and anger.
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Verse 32
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Ifאִם־H518Conjunctionyou have foolishlyנָבַ֥לְתָּH5034Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularexalted yourselfבְהִתְנַשֵּׂ֑אH5375Preposition-b | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive constructor ifוְאִם־H518Conjunctionyou have plotted evilזַ֝מּ֗וֹתָH2161Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularput your handיָ֣דH3027Noun - feminine singularover your mouthלְפֶֽה׃H6310Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 33
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Forכִּ֤יH3588Conjunctionas the churningמִ֪יץH4330Noun - masculine singular constructof milkחָלָ֡בH2461Noun - masculine singularyieldsי֘וֹצִ֤יאH3318Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singularbutterחֶמְאָ֗הH2529Noun - feminine singularand the twistingוּֽמִיץ־H4330Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructof the noseאַ֭ףH639Noun - masculine singulardrawsי֣וֹצִיאH3318Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singularbloodדָ֑םH1818Noun - masculine singularso the stirringוּמִ֥יץH4330Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularof angerאַ֝פַּ֗יִםH639Noun - mdbrings forthי֣וֹצִיאH3318Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singularstrifeרִֽיב׃פH7379Noun - masculine singular