Proverbs 30:18-33 ▼

18 Three things are too wonderful for me, yes, four I cannot understand:

19 The way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent upon a rock, The way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a woman.

20 This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats, wipes her mouth, and says, “I have done no wrong.”

21 Under three things the earth trembles, yes, under four it cannot bear up:

22 Under a slave who becomes king, and a fool who is glutted with food;

23 Under an unloved woman who is wed, and a maidservant who displaces her mistress.

24 Four things are among the smallest on the earth, and yet are exceedingly wise:

25 Ants—a species not strong, yet they store up their food in the summer;

26 Badgers—a species not mighty, yet they make their home in the crags;

27 Locusts—they have no king, yet they march forth in formation;

28 Lizards—you can catch them with your hands, yet they find their way into kings’ palaces.

29 Three things are stately in their stride, yes, four are stately in their carriage:

30 The lion, mightiest of beasts, retreats before nothing;

31 The strutting cock, and the he-goat, and the king at the head of his people.

32 If you have foolishly been proud or presumptuous—put your hand on your mouth;

33 For as the churning of milk produces curds, and the pressing of the nose produces blood, the churning of anger produces strife.