21. For three things the earth doth tremble, and for four, which it cannot bear:
22. For a servant when he is king; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
23. For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
24. There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
25. The ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their meat in the summer;
26. The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
27. The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
28. The lizard taketh hold with her hands, yet is she in kings' palaces,
29. There be three things which are stately in their march, yea, four which are stately in going:
30. The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
31. The greyhound; the he-goat also; and the king, against whom there is no rising up.
32. If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.