22. For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,
23. For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.
24. Four [are] little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise:
25. The ants [are] a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food,
26. Conies [are] a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house,
27. A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out--each one shouting,
28. A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king.
29. Three there are going well, Yea, four are good in going:
30. An old lion--mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any,
31. A girt one of the loins, or a he-goat, And a king--no rising up with him.
32. If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil--hand to mouth!