Holy Scripture
Proverbs 30:16
A church father on this verse
“As to the horse-leech. There were three daughters fondly loved by sin-fornication, murder, and idolatry. These three did not satisfy her, for she is not to be satisfied. In destroying man by these actions, sin never varies, but only grows continually. For the fourth, he continues, is never content to say "enough," mea…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
16The grave, and the love of a woman, and the earth not filled with water; water also and fire will not say, It is enough.
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14A wicked generation have swords for teeth and jaw teeth as knives, so as to destroy and devour the lowly from the earth, and the poor of them from among men.
15The horse-leech had three dearly beloved daughters: and these three did not satisfy her; and the fourth was not contented so as to say, Enough.
— Proverbs 30:16 —
17The eye that laughs to scorn a father, and dishonors the old age of a mother, let the ravens of the valleys pick it out, and let the young eagles devour it.
18Moreover there are three things impossible for me to comprehend, and the fourth I know not: