Bible verses about "leech" | CLV

¹ The words of Agur son of Jakeh--the oracle:The averring of this master:I am tired, O El; I am tired, O El, and finished." ² Indeed I am brutish, less than a man, And human understanding is not in me." ³ I have not learned wisdom That I may know of the knowledge of the grand Holy One. ⁴ Who has ascended the heavens and descended? Who has gathered the wind in both His hands? Who has tied up the waters in a garment? Who has confirmed all the limits of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son's name, in case you know? ⁵ Every saying of Eloah is refined; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. ⁶ Do not add to His words, Lest He should correct you, and you be proved a liar." ⁷ Two things I ask from You; Do not withhold them from me ere I die: ⁸ Put futility and the lying word far from me; Destitution or riches do not give to me; Only provide me a meal of my daily dole of bread, ⁹ Lest I should be surfeited So that I disavow You and say, Who is Yahweh? Or lest I be destitute and steal, So that I denigrate the name of my El." ¹⁰ Do not slander a servant to his lord, Lest he should maledict you, and you be held guilty." ¹¹ There is a breed of men that maledict their father And do not bless even their mother; ¹² A breed of men that are clean in their own eyes Yet are not washed from their filth; ¹³ A breed of men--how exalted are their eyes And lifted up are their eyelids! ¹⁴ A breed of men whose teeth are swords, And whose canines are knives, To devour the humble from the earth And the needy from mankind." ¹⁵ The leech has two daughters, crying:Grant to us, grant to us! They are three that are never satisfied, Four that never say, Enough wealth!:" ¹⁶ The unseen and the restrained womb, The earth when it is not satisfied with water, And fire that never says:Enough wealth!" ¹⁷ The eye that derides a father And despises the homage due a mother--The ravens of the watercourse shall pick it out, And the vultures shall eat it." ¹⁸ These three things are too marvelous for me, Even four--I cannot explain them:" ¹⁹ The way of the vulture in the heavens; The way of a serpent over a rock; The way of a ship in the heart of the sea; And the way of a master with a damsel. ²⁰ So also is the way of an adulterous woman; She eats and wipes off her mouth, And she says, I have not contrived lawlessness." ²¹ Under three things the earth is disturbed, And under four it is not able to bear up:" ²² Under a servant who becomes king; And a decadent man who is surfeited with bread; ²³ Under a hated woman who finds a spouse; And a maid who dispossesses her mistress. ²⁴ These four things are small in the earth, Yet they are wisest of the wise:" ²⁵ Ants are a people not strong, Yet they prepare their bread in summer;" ²⁶ Coneys are a people not staunch, Yet they make their home in the crag;" ²⁷ There is no king for the locust, Yet its entire force goes forth in divisions;" ²⁸ The salamander you may grasp with your hands, Yet it is found in palaces of a king." ²⁹ These three things are goodly of step, Even four, well pleasing in walk:" ³⁰ The long-maned lion is masterful among the beasts And does not turn back from the face of anyone; ³¹ A greyhound, a buck goat, And a king, irresistible before his people." ³² If you have disgraced yourself by lifting yourself up, Or if you have schemed evil, put your hand to your mouth." ³³ For as the squeezing of milk brings forth clotted cream, And the squeezing of the nose brings forth blood, So the squeezing of anger brings forth contention."

¹⁵ The leech has two daughters, crying:Grant to us, grant to us! They are three that are never satisfied, Four that never say, Enough wealth!:"