Proverbs 30:15-23

15“The leech has two daughters. ‘Give! Give!’ they cry. “There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:

16the grave, the barren womb, land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’

17“The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.

18“There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand:

19the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a young woman.

20“This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I’ve done nothing wrong.’

21“Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:

22a servant who becomes king, a godless fool who gets plenty to eat,

23a contemptible woman who gets married, and a servant who displaces her mistress.