Proverbs 30:14-26

¹⁴A generation — swords are their teeth, And knives — their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from among men.

¹⁵To the leech are two daughters, 'Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said 'Sufficiency;'

¹⁶Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth — it is not satisfied with water, And fire — it hath not said, 'Sufficiency,'

¹⁷An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.

¹⁸Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known:

¹⁹The way of the eagle in the heavens, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the heart of the sea, And the way of a man in youth.

²⁰So — the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, 'I have not done iniquity.'

²¹For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four — it is not able to bear:

²²For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,

²³For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.

²⁴Four are little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise:

²⁵The ants are a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food,

²⁶Conies are a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house,