Proverbs 30:15–29

¹⁵The leech has two daughters—

Give and Give!

There are three things that are never satisfied,

Four never say, “Enough!”:

^16oThe ³grave,

The barren womb,

The earth that is not satisfied with water—

And the fire never says, “Enough!”

^17pThe eye that mocks his father,

And scorns obedience to his mother,

The ravens of the valley will pick it out,

And the young eagles will eat it.

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

Yes, four which I do not understand:

¹⁹The way of an eagle in the air,

The way of a serpent on a rock,

The way of a ship in the ⁴midst of the sea,

And the way of a man with a virgin.

²⁰This is the way of an adulterous woman:

She eats and wipes her mouth,

And says, “I have done no wickedness.”

²¹For three things the earth is perturbed,

Yes, for four it cannot bear up:

^22qFor a servant when he reigns,

A fool when he is filled with food,

²³A ⁵hateful woman when she is married,

And a maidservant who succeeds her mistress.

²⁴There are four things which are little on the earth,

But they are exceedingly wise:

^25rThe ants are a people not strong,

Yet they prepare their food in the summer;

^26sThe ⁶rock badgers are a feeble folk,

Yet they make their homes in the crags;

²⁷The locusts have no king,

Yet they all advance in ranks;

²⁸The ⁷spider skillfully grasps with its hands,

And it is in kings’ palaces.

²⁹There are three things which are majestic in pace,

Yes, four which are stately in walk: