Proverbs 30:10–33

¹⁰Do not slander a slave to his master,

Lest he ^acurse you and you be found guilty.

¹¹There is a generation that ^acurses its father

And does not bless its mother.

¹²There is a generation that is ^aclean in its own eyes,

Yet is not washed from its filthiness.

¹³There is a generation—oh how ^ahaughty are its eyes!

And its eyelids are lifted up.

¹⁴There is a generation whose ^ateeth are like swords

And its ^bfangs like knives,

To ^cdevour the afflicted from the earth

And the needy from among men.

¹⁵The leech has two daughters,

“Give,” “Give.”

There are three things that will not be satisfied,

Four that will not say, “Enough”:

^16aSheol, and the ^bbarren womb,

Earth that is never satisfied with water,

And fire that never says, “Enough.”

¹⁷The eye that ^amocks a father

And ^bdespises obedience to a mother,

The ^cravens of the valley will pick it out,

And the young ^deagles will eat it.

¹⁸There are three things which are too wonderful for me,

Four which I do not understand:

¹⁹The way of an ^aeagle in the sky,

The way of a serpent on a rock,

The way of a ship in the heart of the sea,

And the way of a man with a virgin.

²⁰This is the way of an ^aadulterous woman:

She eats and wipes her mouth,

And says, “I have done no wrong.”

²¹Under three things the earth quakes,

And under four, it cannot bear up:

²²Under a ^aslave when he becomes king,

And a wicked fool when he is satisfied with food,

²³Under ¹an unloved woman when she gets a husband,

And a servant-girl when she supplants her mistress.

²⁴Four things are small on the earth,

But they are exceedingly wise:

²⁵The ^aants are not a strong people,

But they prepare their food in the summer;

²⁶The ^1ashephanim are not a mighty people,

Yet they make their houses in the cliff;

²⁷The locusts have no king,

Yet all of them go out in ^arank;

²⁸The lizard you may grasp with the hands,

Yet it is in kings’ palaces.

²⁹There are three things which are stately in their march,

Even four which are stately when they walk:

³⁰The lion which is ^amighty among the animals

And does not ^bturn back before any,

³¹The ¹strutting rooster, the male goat also,

And a king when his army is with him.

³²If you have been wickedly foolish in lifting yourself up,

Or if you have schemed evil, ^aput your hand on your mouth.

³³For pressing milk brings forth butter,

And pressing the nose brings forth blood;

And pressing ^aanger brings forth strife.