diff --git a/src/honeysql/core.clj b/src/honeysql/core.clj
index afa0fd0..61bb2bc 100644
--- a/src/honeysql/core.clj
+++ b/src/honeysql/core.clj
@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@
       :having, :merge-having
       :limit
       :offset
-      :modifiers, :merge-modifiers"
+      :modifiers, :merge-modifiers
+      :insert-into
+      :values
+      :update
+      :set
+      :delete-from"
   [& clauses]
   (let [[base clauses] (if (map? (first clauses))
                          [(first clauses) (rest clauses)]
diff --git a/src/honeysql/format.clj b/src/honeysql/format.clj
index c1fd554..1977e0e 100644
--- a/src/honeysql/format.clj
+++ b/src/honeysql/format.clj
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@
 
 (def clause-order
   "Determines the order that clauses will be placed within generated SQL"
-  [:select :from :join :left-join :right-join :where :group-by :having
-   :order-by :limit :offset])
+  [:select :insert-into :update :delete-from :set :from :join :left-join :right-join :where :group-by :having
+   :order-by :limit :offset :values])
 
 (def known-clauses (set clause-order))
 
@@ -329,3 +329,23 @@
 
 (defmethod format-clause :offset [[_ offset] _]
   (str "OFFSET " (to-sql offset)))
+
+(defmethod format-clause :insert-into [[_ table] _]
+  (str "INSERT INTO " (to-sql table)))
+
+(defmethod format-clause :values [[_ values] _]
+  (if (sequential? values)
+    (str "VALUES (" (comma-join (map to-sql values)) ")")
+    (str
+      "(" (comma-join (map to-sql (keys values))) ") VALUES ("
+      (comma-join (map to-sql (vals values))) ")")))
+
+(defmethod format-clause :update [[_ table] _]
+  (str "UPDATE " (to-sql table)))
+
+(defmethod format-clause :set [[_ values] _]
+  (str "SET " (comma-join (for [[k v] values]
+                            (str (to-sql k) " = " (to-sql v))))))
+
+(defmethod format-clause :delete-from [[_ table] _]
+  (str "DELETE FROM " (to-sql table)))
diff --git a/src/honeysql/helpers.clj b/src/honeysql/helpers.clj
index a5294bb..96b8995 100644
--- a/src/honeysql/helpers.clj
+++ b/src/honeysql/helpers.clj
@@ -154,3 +154,38 @@
     m
     (update-in m [:modifiers] concat (collify ms))))
 
+(defmethod build-clause :insert-into [_ m table]
+  (assoc m :insert-into table))
+
+(defn insert-into
+  ([table] (insert-into nil table))
+  ([m table] (build-clause :insert-into m table)))
+
+(defmethod build-clause :values [_ m values]
+  (assoc m :values values))
+
+(defn values
+  ([vs] (values nil vs))
+  ([m vs] (build-clause :values m vs)))
+
+(defmethod build-clause :update [_ m table]
+  (assoc m :update table))
+
+(defn update
+  ([table] (update nil table))
+  ([m table] (build-clause :update m table)))
+
+(defmethod build-clause :set [_ m values]
+  (assoc m :set values))
+
+;; short for sql set, to avoid name collision with clojure.core/set
+(defn sset
+  ([vs] (values nil vs))
+  ([m vs] (build-clause :set m vs)))
+
+(defmethod build-clause :delete-from [_ m table]
+  (assoc m :delete-from table))
+
+(defn delete-from
+  ([table] (delete-from nil table))
+  ([m table] (build-clause :delete-from m table)))