17. The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young vultures shall eat it.
18. There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
19. The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maiden.
20. This is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no wickedness.
21. For three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
22. For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with food;
23. For an unloved woman when she is married; and a maidservant that is heir to her mistress.
24. There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
25. The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;
26. The badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks;