Proverbs 30:10–33

¹⁰Do not slander a slave to his master,

Or he will ^acurse you and you will be found guilty.

¹¹There is a ¹kind of man who ^acurses his father

And does not bless his mother.

¹²There is a ¹kind who is ^apure in his own eyes,

Yet is not washed from his filthiness.

¹³There is a ¹kind—oh how ^alofty are his eyes!

And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.

¹⁴There is a ¹kind of man whose ^ateeth are like swords

And his ^bjaw teeth 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”:

^161aSheol, and the ^bbarren womb,

Earth that is never satisfied with water,

And fire that never says, “Enough.”

¹⁷The eye that ^amocks a father

And ^1bscorns a mother,

The ^cravens of the valley will pick it out,

And the young eagles 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 middle of the sea,

And the way of a man with a maid.

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 fool when he is satisfied with food,

²³Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband,

And a maidservant 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 mighty people,

Yet they make their houses in the rocks;

²⁷The locusts have no king,

Yet all of them go out in ^aranks;

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 beasts

And does not ^1bretreat before any,

³¹The ¹strutting rooster, the male goat also,

And a king when his army is with him.

³²If you have been foolish in exalting yourself

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

³³For the ¹churning of milk produces butter,

And pressing the nose brings forth blood;

So the churning of ^aanger produces strife.