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The eye that mocks his father and scorns obeying his mother will be pecked out by the ravens in the valley, and the vultures will eat it.
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Three things are too wonderful for me, four beyond my knowledge
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the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the open sea, and the way of a man with a girl.
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This is how an unfaithful wife behaves: she eats, wipes her mouth, and says, "I did nothing wrong."
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Three things make the earth quake, four things it can't bear -
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a slave who becomes king, a boor gorged with food,
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a hated [wife] when her husband takes her [back], and a slave-girl who inherits from her mistress.
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Four things on the earth are small; nevertheless, they are very wise -
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the ants, a species not strong, yet they store up their food in the summer;
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the coneys, a species with little power, yet they make their home in the rocks;
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the locusts, who have no king, yet they all march out in ranks;