Proverbs 30:24-33

English Standard Version Anglicised

^24 (A)Four things on earth are small,
    but they are exceedingly wise:
^25 (B)the ants are a people not strong,
    yet they provide their food in the summer;
^26 (C)the rock badgers are a people not mighty,
    yet they make their homes in the cliffs;
²⁷ the locusts have no ^(D)king,
    yet all of them march in ^(E)rank;
²⁸ the lizard you can take in your hands,
    yet it is in kings' palaces.
^29 (F)Three things are stately in their tread;
    ^(G)four are stately in their stride:
³⁰ the lion, which is mightiest among beasts
    and ^(H)does not turn back before any;
³¹ the ^(I)strutting cock,^[a] the he-goat,
    and a king whose army is with him.^[b]
32 If you have been foolish, exalting yourself,
    or if you have been devising evil,
    ^(J)put your hand on your mouth.
³³ For pressing milk produces curds,
    pressing the nose produces blood,
    and pressing anger produces strife.