6. Do not add to his words,lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.
7. Two things I ask of you;deny them not to me before I die:
8. Remove far from me falsehood and lying;give me neither poverty nor riches;feed me with the food that is needful for me,
9. lest I be full and deny youand say, “Who is the Lord?”or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.
10. Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
11. There are those who curse their fathersand do not bless their mothers.
12. There are those who are clean in their own eyesbut are not washed of their filth.
13. There are those—how lofty are their eyes,how high their eyelids lift!
14. There are those whose teeth are swords,whose fangs are knives,to devour the poor from off the earth,the needy from among mankind.
15. The leech has two daughters:Give and Give. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”:
16. Sheol, the barren womb,the land never satisfied with water,and the fire that never says, “Enough.”
17. The eye that mocks a fatherand scorns to obey a motherwill be picked out by the ravens of the valleyand eaten by the vultures.
18. Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand: