Proverbs 30:19-29

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;

²⁶The conies are only a feeble people, but they make their houses in the rocks;

²⁷The locusts have no king, but they all go out in bands;

²⁸You may take the lizard in your hands, but it is in kings' houses.

²⁹There are three things whose steps are good to see, even four whose goings are fair: