8. Put falsehood and lying far from me,give me neither poverty nor riches;provide me only with the food I need;
9. Lest, being full, I deny you,saying, “Who is the Lord?”Or, being in want, I steal,and profane the name of my God.
10. Do not criticize servants to their master,lest they curse you, and you have to pay the penalty.
11. There are some who curse their fathers,and do not bless their mothers.
12. There are some pure in their own eyes,yet not cleansed of their filth.
13. There are some—how haughty their eyes!how overbearing their glance!
14. There are some—their teeth are swords,their teeth are knives,Devouring the needy from the earth,and the poor from the human race.
15. The leech has two daughters:“Give,” and “Give.”Three things never get their fill,four never say, “Enough!”
16. Sheol, a barren womb,land that never gets its fill of water,and fire, which never says, “Enough!”
17. The eye that mocks a father,or scorns the homage due a mother,Will be plucked out by brook ravens;devoured by a brood of vultures.
18. Three things are too wonderful for me,yes, four I cannot understand:
19. The way of an eagle in the sky,the way of a serpent upon a rock,The way of a ship on the high seas,and the way of a man with a woman.
20. This is the way of an adulterous woman:she eats, wipes her mouth,and says, “I have done no wrong.”
21. Under three things the earth trembles,yes, under four it cannot bear up:
22. Under a slave who becomes king,and a fool who is glutted with food;