Proverbs 30:11-31

11There is a generation (class of people) that curses its father And does not bless its mother.

12There is a generation (class of people) that is pure in its own eyes, Yet is not washed from its filthiness.

13There is a generation (class of people)—oh, how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are raised in arrogance.

14There is a generation (class of people) whose teeth are like swords And whose jaw teeth are like knives, To devour the afflicted from the earth And the needy from among men.

15The leech has two daughters, “Give, give!” There are three things that are never satisfied, Four that do not say, “It is enough”:

16Sheol, and the barren womb, Earth that is never satisfied with water, And fire that never says, “It is enough.”

17The eye that mocks a father And scorns a mother, The ravens of the valley will pick it out, And the young vultures will devour it.

18There are three things which are too astounding and unexpectedly wonderful for me, Four which I do not understand:

19The 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 maid.

20This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth And says, “I have done no wrong.”

21Under three things the earth is disquieted and quakes, And under four it cannot bear up:

22Under a servant when he reigns, Under a [spiritually blind] fool when he is filled with food,

23Under an unloved woman when she gets married, And under a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.

24There are four things that are small on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:

25The ants are not a strong people, Yet they prepare their food in the summer;

26The shephanim are not a mighty folk, Yet they make their houses in the rocks;

27The locusts have no king, Yet all of them go out in groups;

28You may grasp the lizard with your hands, Yet it is in kings’ palaces.

29There are three things which are stately in step, Even four which are stately in their stride:

30The lion, which is mighty among beasts And does not turn back before any;

31The strutting rooster, the male goat also, And the king when his army is with him.