10. “Do not slander a slave to his master.The slave will curse you,and you will be found guilty.”
11. A certain kind of person curses his fatherand does not bless his mother.
12. A certain kind of person thinks he is purebut is not washed from his own feces.
13. A certain kind of person looks around arrogantlyand is conceited.
14. A certain kind of person,whose teeth are like swordsand whose jaws are ⌊like⌋ knives,devours oppressed people from the earthand people from among humanity.
15. The bloodsucking leech has two daughters—“Give!” and “Give!”Three things are never satisfied.Four never say, “Enough!”:
16. the grave,a barren womb,a land that never gets enough water,a fire that does not say, “Enough!”
17. The eye that makes fun of a father and hates to obey a motherwill be plucked out by ravens in the valley and eaten by young vultures.
18. Three things are too amazing to me,even four that I cannot understand:
19. an eagle making its way through the sky,a snake making its way over a rock,a ship making its way through high seas,a man making his way with a virgin.
20. This is the way of a woman who commits adultery:She eats, wipes her mouth,and says, “I haven’t done anything wrong!”