For three [things] the earth is disquieted The inhabitants of it are made very uneasy; and for four [which] it cannot bear; they are a load and burden upon it, and are intolerable to those that dwell on it, and make them very uncomfortable.
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Proverbs 30:21 In-Context
19 an eagle making its way through the sky, a snake making its way over a rock, a ship making its way through high seas, a man making his way with a virgin.
20 This is the way of a woman who commits adultery: She eats, wipes her mouth, and says, "I haven't done anything wrong!"
21 Three things cause the earth to tremble, even four it cannot bear up under:
22 a slave when he becomes king, a godless fool when he is filled with food,
23 a woman who is unloved when she gets married, a maid when she replaces her mistress.