18There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yes, four which I know not:
19The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
21For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
22For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with food.
23For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
24There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are very wise:
25The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;
26The conies are but a feeble people, yet they make their houses in the rocks;
27The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
28The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in king's palaces.
29There are three things which go well, yes, four are comely in going:
30A lion, which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;