Proverbs 30:18-33
Christian Standard Bible
18 Three things are too wondrous for me;(A)
four I can’t understand:
19 the way of an eagle in the sky,
the way of a snake on a rock,
the way of a ship at sea,
and the way of a man with a young woman.
20 This is the way of an adulteress:
she eats and wipes her mouth
and says, “I’ve done nothing wrong.”(B)
21 The earth trembles under three things;
it cannot bear up under four:
22 a servant when he becomes king,(C)
a fool when he is stuffed with food,
23 an unloved woman when she marries,(D)
and a servant girl when she ousts her queen.
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;(E)
26 hyraxes are not a mighty people,
yet they make their homes in the cliffs;(F)
27 locusts have no king,
yet all of them march in ranks;(G)
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.(H)
33 For the churning of milk produces butter,
and twisting a nose draws blood,
and stirring up anger produces strife.(I)
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