Proverbs

¹⁴There is a class of people whose teeth are as swords and whose fangs as knives, to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among men. ¹⁵The leech has two daughters, crying, Give, give! There are three things that are never satisfied, yes, four that do not say, It is enough: ¹⁶Sheol (the place of the dead), the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that says not, It is enough. ¹⁷The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley will pick it out, and the young vultures will devour it. [Lev. 20:9; Prov. 20:20; 23:22.] 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 upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid. ²⁰This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, I have done no wickedness.