20. This is the way of an adulterous woman:She eats and wipes her mouth,And says, “I have done no wickedness.”
21. For three things the earth is perturbed,Yes, for four it cannot bear up:
22. For a servant when he reigns,A fool when he is filled with food,
23. A hateful woman when she is married,And a maidservant who succeeds her mistress.
24. There are four things which are little on the earth,But they are exceedingly wise:
25. The ants are a people not strong,Yet they prepare their food in the summer;