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Proverbs 30:17-25 New Living Translation (NLT)

17. The eye that mocks a fatherand despises a mother’s instructionswill be plucked out by ravens of the valleyand eaten by vultures.

18. There are three things that amaze me—no, four things that I don’t understand:

19. how an eagle glides through the sky,how a snake slithers on a rock,how a ship navigates the ocean,how a man loves a woman.

20. An adulterous woman consumes a man,then wipes her mouth and says, “What’s wrong with that?”

21. There are three things that make the earth tremble—no, four it cannot endure:

22. a slave who becomes a king,an overbearing fool who prospers,

23. a bitter woman who finally gets a husband,a servant girl who supplants her mistress.

24. There are four things on earth that are small but unusually wise:

25. Ants—they aren’t strong,but they store up food all summer.

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