Proverbs 30:15-33

15The leech has two daughters: “Give! Give!” Three things are never satisfied, four never say, “Enough!”—

16Sheol, a barren womb, land that is not satisfied with water, and fire that never says, “Enough!”

17The eye that mocks a father and scorns obeying a mother— will be pecked out by ravens of the valley and eaten by young vultures!

18Three things are too amazing for me, four I do not understand:

19the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.

20Such is the way of an adulteress: she eats, wipes her mouth and says, “I have done nothing wrong.”

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

22under a slave when he becomes a king, a fool when he is stuffed with food,

23an unloved woman when she is married, and a handmaid when she displaces her mistress.

24Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:

25ants are creatures with little strength, yet they store up their food in summer;

26coneys are creatures with little power, yet they make their homes in the cliffs;

27locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks;

28a lizard you can catch with the hand, yet it is found in kings’ palaces.

29Three things are stately in their stride, four that move with stately bearing:

30a lion, mighty among beasts, who never backs down from anything;

31a strutting rooster, a male-goat, and a king with his army around him.

32If you have acted foolishly, exalting yourself, or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth.

33For as churning milk produces butter, and twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.