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Otherwise, I might have too much and deny You, saying, "Who is the Lord?" or I might have nothing and steal, profaning the name of my God.
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Don't slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will become guilty.
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There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.
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There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, yet is not washed from its filth.
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There is a generation-how haughty its eyes and pretentious its looks.
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There is a generation whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, devouring the oppressed from the land and the needy from among mankind.
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The leech has two daughters: Give, Give. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, "Enough!":
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Sheol; a barren womb; earth, which is never satisfied with water; and fire, which never says, "Enough!"
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As for the eye that ridicules a father and despises obedience to a mother, may ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures eat it.
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Three things are beyond me; four I can't understand:
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the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship at sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.