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Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
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“Do not slander a servant to their master, or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.
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“There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers;
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those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth;
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those whose eyes are ever so haughty, whose glances are so disdainful;
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those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among mankind.
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“The leech has two daughters. ‘Give! Give!’ they cry. “There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
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the grave, the barren womb, land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’
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“The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.
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“There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not 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 on the high seas, and the way of a man with a young woman.