Proverbs 30:19-29 (Revised Standard Version)
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the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden.
20
This is the way of an adulteress: she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, "I have done no wrong."
21
Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up:
22
a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with food;
23
an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.
24
Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise:
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the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
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the badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in the rocks;
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the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank;
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the lizard you can take in your hands, yet it is in kings' palaces.
29
Three things are stately in their tread; four are stately in their stride:
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version - Holy Bible)
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