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lest I be
1full and
2deny you and say,
3"Who is the LORD?" or lest I be poor and steal
4and profane the name of my God.
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5Do not slander a servant to his master,
6lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
11
There are those who
7curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
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There are those who are
8clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their filth.
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There are those--how
9lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift!
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There are those whose teeth are
10swords, whose
11fangs are knives, to
12devour the poor from off the earth, the needy from among mankind.
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The leech has two daughters: Give and Give.
13Three things are never satisfied;
14four never say, "Enough":
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15Sheol,
16the barren womb, the land never satisfied with water, and the fire that never says, "Enough."
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The eye that
17mocks a father and
18scorns to obey a mother will
19be picked out by
20the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
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21Three things are
22too wonderful for me;
23four I do not understand:
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the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin.