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Proverbs 30:8-23

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8Help me never to lie or deceive people and do not cause me to become poor or to become rich. Just give me the food that I need;
9because if I become rich, I might say that I do not RHQ know you and that I do not need you; and if I become poor, I might dishonor you by stealing things.
10Do not ◄slander/say bad things about► a worker to his boss; if you do that, the worker will curse you, and cause you to have trouble.
11I will list four kinds of evil things that people do: Some people curse their fathers and do not ask God to bless their mothers.
12Some people think that they are perfect, but really they have never been cleansed from their guilt for committing disgusting sins.
13Some people are very proud; they think that they are very good and they despise others.
14Some people act very cruelly toward others; it is as though MET they have teeth that are like sharp knives; they severely oppress poor people and try to cause them to disappear from the land.
15Leeches are always wanting more blood to suck; similarly, greedy people are always saying “Give me some!” or “Give me more!” MET There are four things that are never ◄satisfied/content with what they have►; they always want more LIT:
16The place where the dead people are; women who do not have any children; ground that needs water/rain; and a fire that always needs more wood.
17Those who SYN make fun of their fathers or refuse to obey their mothers (OR, despise their aged mothers) should die and have their eyes pecked out by crows, and the rest of their corpses should be fed to the vultures.
18There are four things that are wonderful to me, but I do not understand any of them:
19How eagles fly in the sky, how snakes are able to move/crawl across a big rock, how ships sail on the seas, and how a man falls in love with a woman.
20This is what a woman who ◄is not faithful to/does not have sex only with► her husband does: She commits adultery EUP, and then bathes and says, “I have not done anything that is wrong!”
21There are four things that no one in the world can tolerate:
22What a slave does who becomes a king, a foolish person eating too much food,
23what a woman who is hated does when she gets married, and what a female servant does when she becomes the boss instead of her mistress.

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