20. Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
21. Under three things the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:
22. Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;
23. under an odious woman when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
24. There are four things little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise:
25. The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
26. the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff;