Proverbs 30:4-11

⁴Who was it that ascended into heaven, and came down again? who gathered the wind in his fists? who bound the waters in a garment? who set up all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest it?”

⁵Every saying of God is purified: he is a shield unto those that put their trust in him.

⁶Do not add aught unto his words: lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

⁷Two things do I request of thee: deny them not to me before I die.

⁸Vanity and lying words do thou remove far from me: neither poverty nor riches give thou unto me; let me eat the bread appointed unto me:

⁹Lest I become over-full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I become poor, and steal, and trespass against the name of my God.

¹⁰Do not calumniate a servant unto his master: lest he curse thee, and thou incur guilt.

¹¹There is a generation that curseth its father, and doth not bless its mother.