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Proverbs 30:16

“Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’”
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14There is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.

15The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:

16Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’

17As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

18There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:

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