Prov 30:8 Keep deception and lies far from me, Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is my portion,
Prov 30:9 That I not be full and deny You and say, "Who is the LORD?" Or that I not be in want and steal, And profane the name of my God.
Prov 30:10 ¶ Do not slander a slave to his master, Or he will curse you and you will be found guilty.
Prov 30:11 ¶ There is a kind of man who curses his father And does not bless his mother.
Prov 30:12 There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes, Yet is not washed from his filthiness.
Prov 30:13 There is a kind--oh how lofty are his eyes! And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.
Prov 30:14 There is a kind of man whose teeth are like swords And his jaw teeth like knives, To devour the afflicted from the earth And the needy from among men.
Prov 30:15 ¶ The leech has two daughters, "Give," "Give." There are three things that will not be satisfied, Four that will not say, "Enough":
Prov 30:16 Sheol, and the barren womb, Earth that is never satisfied with water, And fire that never says, "Enough."
Prov 30:17 The eye that mocks a father And scorns a mother, The ravens of the valley will pick it out, And the young eagles will eat it.
Prov 30:18 ¶ There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Four which I do not understand:
Prov 30:19 The way of an eagle in the sky, 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 maid.
Prov 30:20 This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, "I have done no wrong."
Prov 30:21 ¶ Under three things the earth quakes, And under four, it cannot bear up:
Prov 30:22 Under a slave when he becomes king, And a fool when he is satisfied with food,
Prov 30:23 Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband, And a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.
Prov 30:24 ¶ Four things are small on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:
Prov 30:25 The ants are not a strong people, But they prepare their food in the summer;
Prov 30:26 The shephanim are not mighty people, Yet they make their houses in the rocks;
Prov 30:27 The locusts have no king, Yet all of them go out in ranks;