Proverbs 30:17-29

¹⁷“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

¹⁸“There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don’t understand:

¹⁹The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship in the middle of the sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.

²⁰“So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

²¹“For three things the earth trembles, and under four, it can’t bear up:

²²For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,

²³for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.

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

²⁵The ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.

²⁶The hyraxes are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.

²⁷The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.

²⁸You can catch a lizard with your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.

²⁹“There are three things which are stately in their march, four which are stately in going: