Proverbs 30:12-31

¹²There are some who see themselves as pure but they're still filthy—they have not been washed.

¹³There are some who think themselves so high and mighty, and who look down on others.

¹⁴There are some who have teeth like swords, incisors like knives, ready to devour the poor from the earth, the needy from society.

¹⁵The leech has two daughters who cry out, “Give me! Give me!” There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, “Enough!”:

¹⁶The grave, the womb that doesn't become pregnant, the earth thirsty for water, and the fire that never says, “Enough!”

¹⁷People who ridicule their fathers and despise obedience to the mother will have their eyes pecked out by wild ravens and eaten by young vultures.

¹⁸These three things are amazingly hard for me, four things I just can't understand:

¹⁹The way an eagle soars in the sky, the way a snake slides over a rock, the way a ship sails across the sea, the way a man and a woman fall in love.

²⁰This is the way of a woman who commits adultery: she eats, she wipes her mouth, and then says, “I haven't done anything wrong!”

²¹Three things make the earth tremble, there are four things it can't support:

²²a slave becoming a king, a stupid person eating like a pig,

²³an unbearable woman getting married, and a maidservant taking her mistress's place.

²⁴There are four things on earth that are small, but very wise:

²⁵Ants—they're not strong, but they work hard all summer storing up food.

²⁶Hyraxes—they don't have much power, but they make their homes in the rock.

²⁷Locusts—they don't have a king, but they all march in line abreast.

²⁸Lizards—you can catch them in your hands, but they live in the king's palace.

²⁹There are three things that are glorious to watch as they walk, four that look dignified as they move:

³⁰The lion, supreme among wild animals, who isn't frightened of anything.

³¹The strutting starling, the male goat, and a king with his army.