Proverbs 30:18–31

¹⁸There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:

¹⁹the way of an eagle in the sky,

the way of a snake on a rock,

the way of a ship at sea,

and the way of a man with a maiden.

²⁰This is the way of an adulteress:

She eats and wipes her mouth

and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

²¹Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:

²²a servant who becomes king,

a fool who is filled with food,

²³an unloved woman who marries,

and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.

²⁴Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:

²⁵The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;

²⁶the rock badgers^b are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;

²⁷the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;

²⁸and the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings.

²⁹There are three things that are stately in their stride, and four that are impressive in their walk:

³⁰a lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything;

³¹a strutting rooster;

a he-goat;

and a king with his army around him.^c