17. The eye that mocks at his father, and despises the teaching of his mother, the ravens shall pluck it out of the river, and the young eagles shall eat it.
18. There are three things which are hidden from me, yea, four which I know not:
19. The track of the eagle in the air; the track of the serpent upon the rock; the track of the ship in the midst of the sea; and the track of the man in the maid.
20. Such is the track of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no wickedness.
21. For three things the earth is disquieted, and the fourth it cannot bear:
22. For a slave when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with bread;
23. for a rejected woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
24. There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are wiser than the wise men:
25. The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;
26. the conies are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks;
27. the locusts have no king, yet all of them go forth by bands;
28. the spider takes hold with her hands and is in kings’ palaces.
29. There are three things which have a magnificent walk; yea, the fourth is stately in going:
30. The lion which is strongest among beasts and does not turn away for any;
31. the greyhound who is girded up of loins; a he goat also, and the king, against whom no one rises up.
32. If thou hast fallen, it is because thou hast lifted thyself up; and if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.