5. “Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
6. Don’t you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.
7. “Two things I have asked of you; don’t deny me before I die:
8. Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;
9. lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Yahweh?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
10. “Don’t slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
11. There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.
12. There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.
13. There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.
14. There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
15. “The leach has two daughters: ‘Give, give.’ “There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don’t say, ‘Enough:’
16. Sheol, the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water; and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough.’
17. “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.
18. “There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don’t understand:
19. The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent on a rock; the way of a ship in the middle of the sea; and the way of a man with a maiden.
20. “So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
21. “For three things the earth tremble, and under four, it can’t bear up:
22. For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with food;
23. for an unloved woman when she is married; and a servant who is heir to her mistress.
24. “There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise: