Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Proverbs 30:2 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Proverbs 30:2 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Proverbs chapter 30 verse 2 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.”
Proverbs 30:2 (KJV)
Commentary on Proverbs 30:2
Agur confesses: 'I am more brutish than any man' and lack human understanding. The Hebrew 'baar' (brutish/stupid) and 'binah' (understanding) express extreme humility. This isn't false modesty but honest recognition of human limitation in knowing God. Reformed theology values epistemological humility—acknowledging we know only what God reveals. This Socratic wisdom (knowing we don't know) prepares us to receive divine revelation. Pride in human reason blinds; humility opens us to God's truth.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Proverbs 30:2
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“So foolish was I”
“let him become a fool”
“let him ask of God”
“and leave their wealth to others.”
“neither does a fool understand this:”
“and there is no breath in them.”
“brothers”
“Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!”
“'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand”
“How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;,And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;, וְאָמַרְתָּ אֵיךְ שָׂנֵאתִי מוּסָר וְתוֹכַחַת נָאַץ לִבִּי׃ ,And say: How have I hated instruction”