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PROVERBS
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- 2Surely I am brutish, unlike a man,
- And have not the understanding of a man;
- 3And I have not learned wisdom,
- That I should have the knowledge of the Holy One.
- 4Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended?
- Who hath gathered the wind in his fists?
- Who hath bound the waters in his garment?
- Who hath established all the ends of the earth?
- What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?
- 5Every word of God is tried;
- He is a shield unto them that take refuge in Him.
- 6Add thou not unto His words,
- Lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
- 7Two things have I asked of Thee;
- Deny me them not before I die:
- 8Remove far from me falsehood and lies;
- Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with mine allotted bread;
- 9Lest I be full, and deny, and say: 'Who is the Lord?'
- Or lest I be poor, and steal,
- And profane the name of my God.
- 10Slander not a servant unto his master,
- Lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
- 11There is a generation that curse their father,
- And do not bless their mother.
- 12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes,
- And yet are not washed from their filthiness.
- 13There is a generation, Oh how lofty are their eyes!
- And their eyelids are lifted up.
- 14There is a generation whose teeth are as swords, and their great teeth as knives,
- To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
- 15The horseleech hath two daughters: 'Give, give.'
- There are three things that are never satisfied,
- Yea, four that say not: 'Enough':
- 16The grave; and the barren womb;
- The earth that is not satisfied with water;
- And the fire that saith not: 'Enough.'
- 17The eye that mocketh at his father,
- And despiseth to obey his mother,
- The ravens of the valley shall pick it out,
- And the young vultures shall eat it.
- 18There are three things which are too wonderful for me,
- Yea, four which I know not:
- 19The way of an eagle in the air;
- The way of a serpent upon a rock;
- The way of a ship in the midst of the sea;
- And the way of a man with a young woman.
- 20So is the way of an adulterous woman;
- She eateth, and wipeth her mouth,
- And saith: 'I have done no wickedness.'
- 21For three things the earth doth quake,
- And for four it cannot endure:
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