Proverbs 30:10–31

¹⁰Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty. ¹¹A generation is, that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless. ¹²A generation—pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed. ¹³A generation—how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up. ¹⁴A generation—swords are their teeth, And knives—their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from among men.

¹⁵To the leech are two daughters, ‘Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said ‘Sufficiency;’ ¹⁶Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth—it is not satisfied with water, And fire—it hath not said, ‘Sufficiency,’ ¹⁷An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.

¹⁸Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known: ¹⁹The way of the eagle in the heavens, 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 in youth. ²⁰So—the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, ‘I have not done iniquity.’ ²¹For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four—it is not able to bear: ²²For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread, ²³For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.

²⁴Four are little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise: ²⁵The ants are a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food, ²⁶Conies are a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house, ²⁷A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out—each one shouting, ²⁸A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king.

²⁹Three there are going well, Yea, four are good in going: ³⁰An old lion—mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any, ³¹A girt one of the loins, or a he-goat, And a king—no rising up with him.