32 If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
33 For 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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If אִם־ H518 Conjunction you have foolishly נָבַ֥לְתָּ H5034 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular exalted yourself בְהִתְנַשֵּׂ֑א H5375 Preposition-b | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct or if וְאִם־ H518 Conjunction you have plotted evil זַ֝מּ֗וֹתָ H2161 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular put your hand יָ֣ד H3027 Noun - feminine singular over your mouth לְפֶֽה׃ H6310 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 33
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For כִּ֤י H3588 Conjunction as the churning מִ֪יץ H4330 Noun - masculine singular construct of milk חָלָ֡ב H2461 Noun - masculine singular yields י֘וֹצִ֤יא H3318 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular butter חֶמְאָ֗ה H2529 Noun - feminine singular and the twisting וּֽמִיץ־ H4330 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct of the nose אַ֭ף H639 Noun - masculine singular draws י֣וֹצִיא H3318 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular blood דָ֑ם H1818 Noun - masculine singular so the stirring וּמִ֥יץ H4330 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular of anger אַ֝פַּ֗יִם H639 Noun - md brings forth י֣וֹצִיא H3318 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular strife רִֽיב׃פ H7379 Noun - masculine singular