[There is] a generation [that] will curse its father, and its mother it will not bless.

[There is] a generation [that is] pure in its own eyes, but from its filthiness it will not be cleansed.

[There is] a generation--how lofty [are] their eyes! And their eyelids they will lift.

The leech has two daughters,
“Give,” “Give.”
There are three things that will not be satisfied,
Four that will not say, “Enough”:

The eye that mocks a father
And scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young eagles will eat it.

For three things the earth is moved, and there are four which it will not put up with:

The ants a people not strong, and they will prepare their bread in the summer;

The rabbits a people not strong, and they will set their house in the rock;

To the locust no king, and it will go forth divided all of them;

The lizard will take hold with their hands, and it is in the temples of the king.

a mighty lion among the beasts, but he will not turn back from {any face};

For the pressure of milk will bring forth cheese, and the pressure of the nose will bring forth blood: and the pressure of wrath will, bring forth contention.

The words of Lemuel the king, the lifting up which his mother will instruct him.

For they will drink and forget what is decreed,
And pervert the rights of all the afflicted.

Let him have drink, and his need will go from his mind, and the memory of his trouble will be gone.

A woman of excellence, who will find? For her worth [is] far more than precious jewels.

The heart of her husband trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.

She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

She sought wool and flax, and she will work in delight with her hands.

She was as the ships of the merchant; from far off she will bring her bread.

She will rise while yet night, and she will give food to her house, and a portion to her girls.

She purposed a field, and he will take it: from the fruit of her hands she planted a vineyard.

She girded her loins with strength, and she will strengthen her arms.

She tasted that her traffic is good: her light will not go out by night

She will not fear for her house from snow, for all her house put on double.

She made the under garment., and she will sell; and she gave a girdle to the Canaanite.

Strength and ornament her clothing; and she will laugh to the last day.

She looks well to how things go in her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.

Her sons rose up and they will call her happy; her husband, and he will praise her.

Charm is deceitful and beauty fades; but a woman who fears the LORD will be praised.