Proverbs 30:8-18

⁸Put vanity and lies far away from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches, just give me the food I need.

⁹For if I have too much, I might deny you and say, “Who is Yahweh?” Or if I become poor, I might steal and profane the name of my God.

¹⁰Do not slander a slave before his master, or he will curse you and you will be held guilty.

¹¹There is a generation that curses their father and does not bless their mother.

¹²There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, and yet they are not washed of their filth.

¹³There is a generation whose eyes are raised up, and how high are their eyelids lifted up!

¹⁴There is a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jawbones are like knives, so they may devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among humanity.

¹⁵The leech has two daughters: “Give and give” they cry. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, “Enough”:

¹⁶Sheol; the barren womb; land that is never satisfied with water; and the fire that never says, “Enough!”

¹⁷The eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, his eyes will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, and he will be eaten by the vultures.

¹⁸There are three things that are too wonderful for me, four that I do not understand: