Proverbs 30:16-25

¹⁶The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough.

¹⁷The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.

¹⁸There are three things, the wonder of which overcomes me, even four things outside my knowledge:

¹⁹The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a snake on a rock; the way of a ship in the heart of the sea; and the way of a man with a girl.

²⁰This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.

²¹For three things the earth is moved, and there are four which it will not put up with:

²²A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;

²³A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.

²⁴There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are very wise:

²⁵The ants are a people not strong, but they put by a store of food in the summer;