Proverbs 30:6-27

⁶Add thou not to his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

⁷Two things have I required of thee; deny them not to me before I die:

⁸Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

⁹Lest I be full, and deny thee , and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain .

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

¹¹There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth 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, O 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 horse-leech hath two daughters, crying , Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yes , four things say not, It is enough:

¹⁶The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

¹⁷The eye that mocketh at its father, and despiseth to obey its 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, yes, 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 maid.

²⁰Such 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 is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:

²²For a servant when he reigneth; 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 very wise:

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

²⁶The conies are but a feeble people, yet they make their houses in the rocks;

²⁷The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;