Proverbs 30:11-23

New International Version

¹¹ “There are those who curse their fathers
    and do not bless their mothers;^(A)
12 those who are pure in their own eyes^(B)
    and yet are not cleansed of their filth;^(C)
13 those whose eyes are ever so haughty,^(D)
    whose glances are so disdainful;
¹⁴ those whose teeth^(E) are swords
    and whose jaws are set with knives^(F)
to devour^(G) the poor^(H) from the earth
    and the needy from among mankind.^(I)

¹⁵ “The leech has two daughters.
    ‘Give! Give!’ they cry.

“There are three things that are never satisfied,^(J)
    four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
¹⁶ the grave,^(K) the barren womb,
    land, which is never satisfied with water,
    and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’

¹⁷ “The eye that mocks^(L) a father,
    that scorns an aged mother,
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
    will be eaten by the vultures.^(M)

¹⁸ “There are three things that are too amazing for me,
    four that I do not understand:
¹⁹ the way of an eagle in the sky,
    the way of a snake on a rock,
the way of a ship on the high seas,
    and the way of a man with a young woman.

²⁰ “This is the way of an adulterous woman:
    She eats and wipes her mouth
    and says, ‘I’ve done nothing wrong.’^(N)

²¹ “Under three things the earth trembles,
    under four it cannot bear up:
²² a servant who becomes king,^(O)
    a godless fool who gets plenty to eat,
²³ a contemptible woman who gets married,
    and a servant who displaces her mistress.