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15 A leech has two daughters, and both are named “Give me!”

There are four things that are never satisfied:

16 the world of the dead,
a woman without children,
dry ground that needs rain,
and a fire burning out of control.

17 If you make fun of your father or despise your mother in her old age,[a] you ought to be eaten by vultures or have your eyes picked out by wild ravens.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:17 One ancient translation mother in her old age; Hebrew mother's obedience.

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