13. They look proudly around,casting disdainful glances.
14. They have teeth like swordsand fangs like knives.They devour the poor from the earthand the needy from among humanity.
15. The leech has two suckersthat cry out, “More, more!”There are three things that are never satisfied—no, four that never say, “Enough!”:
16. the grave,the barren womb,the thirsty desert,the blazing fire.
17. The eye that mocks a fatherand despises a mother’s instructionswill be plucked out by ravens of the valleyand eaten by vultures.
18. There are three things that amaze me—no, four things that I don’t understand:
19. how an eagle glides through the sky,how a snake slithers on a rock,how a ship navigates the ocean,how a man loves a woman.
20. An adulterous woman consumes a man,then wipes her mouth and says, “What’s wrong with that?”
21. There are three things that make the earth tremble—no, four it cannot endure:
22. a slave who becomes a king,an overbearing fool who prospers,
23. a bitter woman who finally gets a husband,a servant girl who supplants her mistress.
24. There are four things on earth that are small but unusually wise: