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Lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is the LORD?' Or lest I be poor, and steal, And so dishonor the name of my God.
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"Don't slander a servant to his master, Lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
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There is a generation that curses their father, And doesn't bless their mother.
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There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, Yet are not washed from their filthiness.
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There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.
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There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, And their jaws like knives, To devour the poor from the eretz, and the needy from among men.
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"The leach has two daughters: 'Give, give.' "There are three things that are never satisfied; Four that don't say, 'Enough:'
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She'ol, the barren womb; The eretz that is not satisfied with water; The fire that doesn't say, 'Enough;'
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And the eye that mocks at his father, And scorns obedience to his mother: The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, The young eagles shall eat it.
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"There are three things which are too amazing for me, Four which I don't understand:
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The way of an eagle in the air; The way of a serpent on a rock; The way of a ship in the midst of the sea; And the way of a man with a maiden.