Proverbs 30:9-21
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9 Lest 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.
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10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
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11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
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12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
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13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
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14 There 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.
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15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
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16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
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17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
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18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
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19 The 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.
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20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
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21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: