Proverbs 30:3
I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
In Context
2For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:
Cross References
Job 11:7Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?
Isaiah 6:3And one said in a loud voice to another, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of armies: all the earth is full of his glory.
Isaiah 30:11Get out of the good way, turning from the right road; do not keep the Holy One of Israel before our minds.
Amos 7:14Then Amos in answer said to Amaziah, I am no prophet, or one of the sons of the prophets; I am a herdman and one who takes care of sycamore-trees:
Matthew 16:17And Jesus made answer and said to him, A blessing on you, Simon Bar-jonah: because this knowledge has not come to you from flesh and blood, but from my Father in heaven.
Romans 11:33O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:2-7
The Words of Agur. 1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, 2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. 3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. 4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst… Read the whole commentary →