The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 30, Verse 21

[There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

[There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own eyes, and [yet] is not washed from their filthiness.

[There is] a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

[There is] a generation, whose teeth [are as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.

The horseleach hath two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three [things that] are never satisfied, [yea], four [things] say not, [It is] enough:

The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled with water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is] enough.

The eye [that] mocketh at [his] father, and despiseth to obey [his] mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

There be three [things which] are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.

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Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

King James Version

For three [things] the earth is disquieted, and for four [which] it cannot bear:

American Standard Version

For three things the earth doth tremble, And for four, [which] it cannot bear:

New English Translation

Under three things the earth has trembled, and under four things it cannot bear up:

World English Bible

"For three things the earth tremble, and under four, it can't bear up:

For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

There be four [things which are] little upon the earth, but they [are] exceeding wise:

The ants [are] a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

The conies [are but] a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;

The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.

There be three [things] which go well, yea, four are comely in going:

A lion [which is] strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom [there is] no rising up.