Proverbs 30:24-33

Christian Standard Bible

²⁴ Four things on earth are small,
yet they are extremely wise:
²⁵ ants are not a strong people,
yet they store up their food in the summer;^(A)
26 hyraxes are not a mighty people,
yet they make their homes in the cliffs;^(B)
27 locusts have no king,
yet all of them march in ranks;^(C)
28 a lizard^[a] can be caught in your hands,
yet it lives in kings’ palaces.

²⁹ Three things are stately in their stride;
four are stately in their walk:
³⁰ a lion, which is mightiest among beasts
and doesn’t retreat before anything;
³¹ a strutting rooster;^[b] a goat;
and a king at the head of his army.^[c]

³² If you have been foolish by exalting yourself
or if you’ve been scheming,
put your hand over your mouth.^(D)
33 For the churning of milk produces butter,
and twisting a nose draws blood,
and stirring up anger produces strife.^(E)