²⁷ To eat too much honey isn’t good;
    and neither is it honorable to seek one’s own glory.

² Let someone else praise you,
    not your own mouth;
        a stranger, and never your own lips.

²⁵ An arrogant^[a] man stirs up dissension,
    but anyone who trusts in the Lord prospers.

²³ A person’s pride will bring about his downfall,
    but the humble in spirit will gain honor.

⁴ Who has ascended to heaven,
    and then descended?
        Who has collected the wind in his hands?
Who has wrapped up waters in a garment?
    Who has established all the farthest points of the earth?
What is his name,
    and what is his son’s name?
        Surely you know!

²¹ Under three things the earth trembles,
    under four it cannot remain steady:
²² Under a slave when he becomes a king,
    a fool when he is overfed,
²³ an unloved woman when she finds a husband,
    and a servant girl who inherits from her mistress.

²⁹ Three things are stately in procession,
    four which are stately in their gait:
³⁰ The lion, mighty among the beasts,
    retreats before nothing.
³¹ The strutting rooster, as well as the goat,
    and a king with his army.

³² If you’ve foolishly exalted yourself
    or if you’ve plotted evil,
        put your hand over your mouth.
³³ Just as whipping milk produces butter,
    and twisting the nose causes bleeding,
        so also stirring up anger produces contention.