21. There are three things that make trouble on the earth—really, four that the earth cannot bear:
22. a slave who becomes a king, fools who have everything they need,
23. a woman whose husband hated her but still married her, and a servant girl who becomes ruler over the woman she serves.
24. There are four things on the earth that are small but very wise:
25. Ants are small and weak, but they save their food all summer;
26. badgers are small animals, but they make their homes in the rocks;
27. locusts have no king, but they are able to work together;