Proverbs 30:13-15

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¹³There are those—how lofty are their eyes,
    how high their eyelids lift!—
¹⁴there are those whose teeth are swords,
    whose teeth are knives,
to devour the poor from off the earth,
    the needy from among mortals.

¹⁵The leech^[a] has two daughters;
“Give, give,” they cry.
Three things are never satisfied;
four never say, “Enough”:

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Proverbs 30:15 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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