Proverbs [Sayings] 30:14-33

¹⁴There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

¹⁵“The leach has two daughters: they cry, ‘Give, give.’ “There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don’t say, ‘Enough:’

¹⁶Sheol ·Place of the dead·, the barren racham ·womb, bowels of compassion·; the earth that is not satisfied with water; and the fire that does not say, ‘Enough.’

¹⁷“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

¹⁸“There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don’t understand:

¹⁹The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent on a rock; the way of a ship in the middle of the sea; and the way of a man with a maiden.

²⁰“So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

²¹“For three things the earth tremble, and under four, it can’t bear up:

²²For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with food;

²³for an unloved (wife) when her husband takes her (back); and a servant who is heir to her mistress.

²⁴“There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:

²⁵the ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.

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

²⁷The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.

²⁸You can catch a lizard with your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.

²⁹“There are three things which are stately in their march, four which are stately in going:

³⁰The lion, which is mightiest among animals, and does not turn away for any;

³¹the greyhound, the billy-goat and the king when his army is with him.

³²“If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.

³³For as the churning of milk produces butter, and the wringing of the nose produces blood; so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”