Proverbs

¹⁹The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid. ²⁰This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, I have done no wickedness. ²¹Under three things the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up: ²²Under a servant when he reigns, a [empty-headed] fool when he is filled with food, ²³An unloved and repugnant woman when she is married, and a maidservant when she supplants her mistress. ²⁴There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise: ²⁵The ants are a people not strong, yet they lay up their food in the summer; [Prov. 6:6.]