21 There are four things that the earth itself cannot tolerate:
22 a slave who becomes a king,a fool who has all he wants to eat,
23 a hateful woman who gets married,and a servant woman who takes the place of her mistress.
24 There are four animals in the world that are small, but very, very clever:
25 Ants: they are weak, but they store up their food in the summer.
26 Rock-badgers: they are not strong either, but they make their homes among the rocks.
27 Locusts: they have no king, but they move in formation.