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Such is the way of a woman adulteress, which eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I wrought not evil. (Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and then saith, I have done nothing wrong.)
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The earth is moved by three things, and by the fourth thing, which it may not sustain;
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by a servant, when he reigneth; by a fool, when he is filled with meat (by a fool, when he is filled full with food);
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by an hateful woman, when she is taken in matrimony; and by an handmaid, when she is heir of her lady (and by a servantess, when she is her lady's heir).
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Four [things] be the least things of [the] earth, and those be wiser than wise men;
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ants, a feeble people, that make ready meat in harvest to themselves; (ants, a weak, or a lowly, people, that store-up food for themselves at harvest time;)
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a hare, a people unmighty, that setteth his bed in a stone; (rock badgers, also an unmighty people, who make their beds among the rocks;)
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a locust, (that) hath no king, and (yet) all goeth out by companies;
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a lizard, enforceth with hands, and dwelleth in the houses of kings. (and a lizard, that endeavoureth with his hands, and liveth in palaces.)
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Three things there be, that go well (And there be three things, that go well), and the fourth thing, that goeth richly, or wellsomely.
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A lion, strongest of beasts, shall not dread, at the meeting of any man; (A lion, the strongest of beasts, that shall not fear the meeting of any man;)