14. There are those whose teeth are swords,whose fangs are knives,to devour the poor from off the earth,the needy from among mankind.
15. The leech has two daughters:Give and Give. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”:
16. Sheol, the barren womb,the land never satisfied with water,and the fire that never says, “Enough.”
17. The eye that mocks a fatherand scorns to obey a motherwill be picked out by the ravens of the valleyand eaten by the vultures.
18. Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand:
19. the way of an eagle in the sky,the way of a serpent on a rock,the way of a ship on the high seas,and the way of a man with a virgin.
20. This is the way of an adulteress:she eats and wipes her mouthand says, “I have done no wrong.”
21. Under three things the earth trembles;under four it cannot bear up:
22. a slave when he becomes king,and a fool when he is filled with food;
23. an unloved woman when she gets a husband,and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.
24. Four things on earth are small,but they are exceedingly wise:
25. the ants are a people not strong,yet they provide their food in the summer;
26. the rock badgers are a people not mighty,yet they make their homes in the cliffs;