Proverbs 30

15The horse-leech had three dearly-beloved daughters: and these three did not satisfy her; and the fourth was not contented so as to say, Enough.

16The grave, and the love of a woman, and the earth not filled with water; water also and fire will not say, It is enough.

17The eye that laughs to scorn a father, and dishonours the old age of a mother, let the ravens of the valleys pick it out, and let the young eagles devour it.

18Moreover there are three things impossible for me to comprehend, and the fourth I know not:

19the track of a flying eagle; and the ways of a serpent on a rock; and the paths of a ship passing through the sea; and the ways of a man in youth.

20Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who having washed herself from what she has done, says she has done nothing amiss.

21By three things the earth is troubled, and the fourth it cannot bear:

22if a servant reign; or a fool be filled with food;

23or if a maid-servant should cast out her own mistress; and if a hateful woman should marry a good man.

24And [there are] four very little things upon the earth, but these are wiser than the wise:

25the ants which are weak, and [yet ] prepare [their ] food in summer;

26the rabbits also [are ] a feeble race, who make their houses in the rocks.

27The locusts have no king, and [yet ] march orderly at one command.

28And the eft, which supports itself by [its ] hands, and is easily taken, dwells in the fortresses of kings.

29And there are three things which go well, and a fourth which passes along finely.

30A lion's whelp, stronger than [all other] beasts, which turns not away, nor fears [any ] beast;

31and a cock walking in boldly among the hens, and a goat leading the herd; and a king publicly speaking before a nation.

32If thou abandon thyself to mirth, and stretch forth thine hand in a quarrel, thou shalt be disgraced.

33Milk out milk, and there shall be butter, and if thou wring [one's ] nostrils there shall come out blood: so if thou extort words, there will come forth quarrels and strifes.