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Proverbs 30:12

Verse 12 of 33. The 30th of 31 chapters in Proverbs, in Poetry and Wisdom.

8Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me,

9lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

10“Don’t slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

11There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.

12There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.

13There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.

14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

15“The leech has two daughters: ‘Give, give.’ “There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don’t say, ‘Enough!’:

16Sheol, the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough!’

Read Proverbs 30

World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.