Proverbs 30:5-23

⁵Every word of God is tried; He is a shield unto them that take refuge in Him.

⁶Add thou not unto His words, lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

⁷Two things have I asked of Thee; deny me them not before I die:

⁸Remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with mine allotted bread;

⁹Lest I be full, and deny, and say: 'Who is the LORD?' Or lest I be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God.

¹⁰Slander not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

¹¹There is a generation that curse their father, and do not bless their mother.

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 great teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

¹⁵The horseleech hath two daughters: 'Give, give.' There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four that say not: 'Enough':

¹⁶The grave; 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 vultures 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 young woman.

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 quake, and for four it cannot endure:

²²For a servant when he reigneth; and a churl when he is filled with food;

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