Proverbs 30:7-17

Two things I ask of you; don’t deny them to me before I die: Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor wealth; feed me with the food I need.  Otherwise, I might have too much  and deny you,  saying, “Who is the  Lord? ”  or I might have nothing and steal,  profaning  the name of my God.  Don’t slander a servant to his master or he will curse you,  and you will become guilty. There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.  There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,  yet is not washed from its filth. There is a generation — how haughty its eyes and pretentious its looks.  There is a generation whose teeth are swords,  whose fangs are knives,  devouring the oppressed from the land  and the needy from among mankind. The leech has two daughters: “Give, Give! ” Three things  are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough! ”: Sheol;  a childless womb;  earth, which is never satisfied with water; and fire, which never says, “Enough! ” As for the eye that ridicules a father  and despises obedience to a mother, may ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures eat it.