Proverbs 30:12-25

¹²There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their filthiness.

¹³There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.

¹⁴There is a generation whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

¹⁵The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, Yea, four that say not, Enough:

¹⁶Sheol; and the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough.

¹⁷The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.

¹⁸There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not:

¹⁹The way of an eagle in the air; The way of a serpent upon a rock; The way of a ship in the midst of the sea; And the way of a man with a maiden.

²⁰So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.

²¹For three things the earth doth tremble, And for four, which it cannot bear:

²²For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;

²³For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

²⁴There are four things which are little upon the earth, But they are exceeding wise:

²⁵The ants are a people not strong, Yet they provide their food in the summer;