Proverbs 30:18-24

English Standard Version

^18 (A)Three things are ^(B)too wonderful for me;
    ^(C)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 mouth
    and says, “I have done no wrong.”

²¹ Under ^(D)three things ^(E)the earth trembles;
    under ^(F)four it cannot bear up:
^22 (G)a slave when he becomes king,
    and a fool when he is ^(H)filled with food;
^23 (I)an unloved woman when she ^(J)gets a husband,
    and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.

^24 (K)Four things on earth are small,
    but they are exceedingly wise: