18. There are three things which are hidden from me, yea, four which I know not:
19. The track of the eagle in the air; the track of the serpent upon the rock; the track of the ship in the midst of the sea; and the track of the man in the maid.
20. Such is the track of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no wickedness.
21. For three things the earth is disquieted, and the fourth it cannot bear:
22. For a slave when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with bread;
23. for a rejected woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
24. There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are wiser than the wise men:
25. The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;
26. the conies are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks;
27. the locusts have no king, yet all of them go forth by bands;
28. the spider takes hold with her hands and is in kings’ palaces.
29. There are three things which have a magnificent walk; yea, the fourth is stately in going:
30. The lion which is strongest among beasts and does not turn away for any;
31. the greyhound who is girded up of loins; a he goat also, and the king, against whom no one rises up.
32. If thou hast fallen, it is because thou hast lifted thyself up; and if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
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.