23. An unloved and repugnant woman when she is married, and a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.
24. There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:
25. The ants are a people not strong, yet they lay up their food in the summer; [Prov. 6:6.]
26. The conies are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks; [Ps. 104:18.]
27. The locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;
28. The lizard you can seize with your hands, yet it is in kings' palaces.
29. There are three things which are stately in step, yes, four which are stately in their stride:
30. The lion, which is mightiest among beasts and turns not back before any;
31. The war horse [well-knit in the loins], the male goat also, and the king [when his army is with him and] against whom there is no uprising.
32. If you have done foolishly in exalting yourself, or if you have thought evil, lay your hand upon your mouth. [Job 21:5; 40:4.]
33. Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.