20 This is the way of an adulterous woman: She shall eat and wipe her mouth, and say, “I have not done wickedness.”
21 Under three matters the earth trembles, And under four, it is unable to bear:
22 Under a servant when he reigns, And a fool when he is satisfied with food,
23 Under a hated woman who marries, And a female servant who supplants her mistress.
24 There are four matters Which are little on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:
25 The ants are a people not strong, Yet they prepare their food in the summer;
26 The rock badgers are a weak folk, Yet they make their homes in the crags;