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.