More sayings of the wise
10 Don't slander a servant to his master; otherwise, the servant will curse you, and you will be guilty.
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There are those who curse their father and don't bless their mother.
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There are those who think they are clean, but haven't washed off their own excrement.
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There are those— how arrogant are their eyes; how their eyebrows are raised!
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There are those whose teeth are swords; their jaw is a butcher's knife, ready to devour the needy from the earth, and the poor from humanity.
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The leech has two daughters: “Give, give!” There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, “Enough!”:
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the grave and a barren womb, a land never filled with water, and fire that doesn't say, “Enough!”
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An eye that mocks a father and rejects obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the river valley peck it out, and the eagle's young eat it.
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Three things are too wonderful for me, four that I can't figure out:
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the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on the rock, the way of a ship out on the open sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.
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This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and she says, "I've done nothing wrong!"
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At three things the earth trembles, at four it can't bear up:
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at a servant when he becomes king and fools when they are full of food;
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at a detested woman when she gets married and a female servant when she replaces her mistress.
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Four things are among the smallest on earth, but they are extremely wise:
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Ants as creatures aren't strong, but they store away their food in the summer.
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Badgers as creatures aren't powerful, but they make their homes in the rocks.
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Locusts don't have a king, but they march together in ranks.
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You can catch lizards in your hand, but they are in kings' palaces.
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There are three things that are excellent in their stride, four that are excellent as they walk:
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a lion, a warrior among beasts, which doesn't back down at anything;
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the strut of a rooster or a male goat; and a king with his army.
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If you've been foolish and arrogant, if you've been scheming, put your hand to your mouth,
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because churning milk makes curds, squeezing the nose brings blood, and stirring up anger produces strife.