Proverbs 30:11-23

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¹¹ There are those^[a] who ^(A)curse their fathers
    and do not bless their mothers.
¹² There are those who are ^(B)clean in their own eyes
    but are not washed of their filth.
¹³ There are those—how ^(C)lofty are their eyes,
    how high their eyelids lift!
¹⁴ There are those whose teeth are ^(D)swords,
    whose ^(E)fangs are knives,
to ^(F)devour the poor from off the earth,
    the needy from among mankind.
¹⁵ The leech has two daughters:
    Give and Give.^[b]
(G)Three things are never satisfied;
    ^(H)four never say, “Enough”:
^16 (I)Sheol, ^(J)the barren womb,
    the land never satisfied with water,
    and the fire that never says, “Enough.”
¹⁷ The eye that ^(K)mocks a father
    and ^(L)scorns to obey a mother
will ^(M)be picked out by ^(N)the ravens of the valley
    and eaten by the vultures.
^18 (O)Three things are ^(P)too wonderful for me;
    ^(Q)four I do not understand:
¹⁹ the way of an eagle in the sky,
    the way of a serpent on a rock,
the way of a ship on the high seas,
    and the way of a man with a virgin.
²⁰ This is the way of an adulteress:
    she eats and wipes her mouth
    and says, “I have done no wrong.”
²¹ Under ^(R)three things ^(S)the earth trembles;
    under ^(T)four it cannot bear up:
^22 (U)a slave when he becomes king,
    and a fool when he is ^(V)filled with food;
^23 (W)an unloved woman when she ^(X)gets a husband,
    and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.