20 This is the way of an adulteress:she eats and wipes her mouthand says, “I’ve done nothing wrong.”
21 The earth trembles under three things;it cannot bear up under four:
22 a servant when he becomes king, a fool when he is stuffed with food,
23 an unloved woman when she marries, and a servant girl when she ousts her queen.
24 Four things on earth are small,yet they are extremely wise:
25 the ants are not a strong people,yet they store up their food in the summer;
26 hyraxes are not a mighty people,yet they make their homes in the cliffs;