23a woman who is unloved when she gets married, a maid when she replaces her mistress. 24Four things on earth are small, yet they are very wise: 25Ants are not a strong species, yet they store their food in summer. 26Rock badgers are not a mighty species, yet they make their home in the rocks. 27Locusts have no king, yet all of them divide into swarms by instinct. 28A lizard you can hold in your hands, yet it can even be found in royal palaces. 29There are three things that walk with dignity, even four that march with dignity: 30a lion, mightiest among animals, which turns away from nothing, 31a strutting rooster, a male goat, a king at the head of his army. 32If you are such a godless fool as to honor yourself, or if you scheme, you had better put your hand over your mouth. 33As churning milk produces butter and punching a nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces a fight.
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