5. “Every word of God is flawless.He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
6. Don’t you add to his words,lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.
7. “Two things I have asked of you;don’t deny me before I die:
8. Remove far from me falsehood and lies.Give me neither poverty nor riches.Feed me with the food that is needful for me;
9. lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’or lest I be poor, and steal,and so dishonour the name of my God.
10. “Don’t slander a servant to his master,lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
11. There is a generation that curses their father,and doesn’t bless their mother.
12. There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes,yet are not washed from their filthiness.
13. There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes!Their eyelids are lifted up.
14. There is a generation whose teeth are like swords,and their jaws like knives,to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from amongst men.
15. “The leach has two daughters:‘Give, give.’“There are three things that are never satisfied;four that don’t say, ‘Enough:’
16. Sheol,the barren womb;the earth that is not satisfied with water;and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough.’
17. “The eye that mocks at his father,and scorns obedience to his mother:the ravens of the valley shall pick it out,the young eagles shall eat it.