13. There are those—how arrogant are their eyes;how their eyebrows are raised!
14. There are those whose teeth are swords;their jaw is a butcher’s knife,ready to devour the needy from the earth,and the poor from humanity.
15. The leech has two daughters: “Give, give!”There are three things that are never satisfied,four that never say, “Enough!”:
16. the grave and a barren womb,a land never filled with water,and fire that doesn’t say, “Enough!”
17. An eye that mocks a fatherand rejects obedience to a mother,may the ravens of the river valley peck it out,and the eagle’s young eat it.
18. Three things are too wonderful for me,four that I can’t figure out:
19. the way of an eagle in the sky,the way of a snake on the rock,the way of a ship out on the open sea,and the way of a man with a young woman.
20. This is the way of an adulterous woman:she eats and wipes her mouth,and she says, "I’ve done nothing wrong!"
21. At three things the earth trembles,at four it can’t bear up:
22. at a servant when he becomes kingand fools when they are full of food;
23. at a detested woman when she gets marriedand a female servant when she replaces her mistress.