7. Two things I ask from you;do not refuse me before I die:
8. Remove falsehood and lies far from me;do not give me poverty or riches,feed me with my allotted portion of bread,
9. lest I become satisfied and act deceptivelyand say, “Who is the Lord?”Or lest I become poor and stealand demean the name of my God.
10. Do not slander a servant to his master,lest he curse you, and you are found guilty.
11. There is a generation who curse their fathersand do not bless their mothers.
12. There is a generation who are pure in their own eyesand yet are not washed from their filthiness.
13. There is a generation whose eyes are so lofty,and whose eyelids are lifted up disdainfully.
14. There is a generation whose teeth are like swordsand whose molars are like knivesto devour the poor from the earthand the needy from among the human race.
15. The leech has two daughters:“Give! Give!”There are three things that are never satisfied,four that never say, “Enough” –
16. the grave, the barren womb,land that is not satisfied with water,and fire that never says, “Enough!”
17. The eye that mocks at a fatherand despises obeying a mother – the ravens of the valley will peck it outand the young vultures will eat it.
18. There are three things that are too wonderful for me,four that I do not understand:
19. the way of an eagle in the sky,the way of a snake on a rock,the way of a ship in the sea,and the way of a man with a woman.
20. This is the way of an adulterous woman:she eats and wipes her mouthand says, “I have not done wrong.”