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14 There are some people who are very cruel. Their teeth are like swords and sharp knives. They want to eat up all the poor and helpless people, so that they disappear from the earth.

15 A greedy leech has two daughters.[a] They are always saying, ‘Give me more!’

There are three things that never have enough for themselves, even four things:

16 The deep hole of death.

A wife who has no children.

Dry ground that needs rain.

A fire that burns strongly.

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Footnotes

  1. 30:15 A leech is a little animal that drinks blood.