18 Three of these are too wonderful for me, and four, I do not understand them:
19 the way of the eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.
20 This is the way of a woman committing adultery: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says “I have not done wrong.”
21 Under three things the earth trembles, and under four, it is not able to bear up:
22 under a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is satisfied with food;
23 under an unloved woman when she gets married, and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.
24 There are four small things on the earth, and they are exceedingly wise: