Proverbs 30:15-33

15The leech has two daughters: “Give, Give!” Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough!”:

16Sheol; a childless womb; earth, which is never satisfied with water; and fire, which never says, “Enough!”

17As for the eye that ridicules a father and despises obedience to a mother, may ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures eat it.

18Three things are too wondrous for me; four I can’t understand:

19the 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.

20This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, “I’ve done nothing wrong.”

21The earth trembles under three things; it cannot bear up under four:

22a servant when he becomes king, a fool when he is stuffed with food,

23an unloved woman when she marries, and a servant girl when she ousts her queen.

24Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise:

25ants are not a strong people, yet they store up their food in the summer;

26hyraxes are not a mighty people, yet they make their homes in the cliffs;

27locusts have no king, yet all of them march in ranks;

28a lizard can be caught in your hands, yet it lives in kings’ palaces.

29Three things are stately in their stride; four are stately in their walk:

30a lion, which is mightiest among beasts and doesn’t retreat before anything;

31a strutting rooster; a goat; and a king at the head of his army.

32If you have been foolish by exalting yourself or if you’ve been scheming, put your hand over your mouth.

33For the churning of milk produces butter, and twisting a nose draws blood, and stirring up anger produces strife.