Proverbs 30:22-1953 kjv — For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; For an odious woman when she is married; and an…

“For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food; For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress. There are four things which are little upon the earth, But they are exceeding wise: The ants are a people not strong, Yet they provide their food in the summer; The conies are but a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the rocks; The locusts have no king, Yet go they forth all of them by bands; The lizard taketh hold with her hands, Yet is she in kings’ palaces. There are three things which are stately in their march, Yea, four which are stately in going: The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, And turneth not away for any; The greyhound; the he-goat also; And the king against whom there is no rising up. If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, Lay thy hand upon thy mouth. For the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood; So the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife. ”

“under a servant who becomes king, under a fool who becomes stuffed with food, under an unloved woman who becomes married, and under a female servant who dispossesses her mistress. There are four things on earth that are small, but they are exceedingly wise: ants are creatures with little strength, but they prepare their food in the summer; rock badgers are creatures with little power, but they make their homes in the crags; locusts have no king, but they all go forward by ranks; a lizard you can catch with the hand, but it gets into the palaces of the king. There are three things that are magnificent in their step, four things that move about magnificently: a lion, mightiest of the beasts, who does not retreat from anything; a strutting rooster, a male goat, and a king with his army around him. If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth! For as the churning of milk produces butter and as punching the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.”

“By a slave when he reigneth: by a fool when be is filled with meat: By an odious woman when she is married: and by a bondwoman when she is heir to her mistress. There are four very little things of the earth, and they are wiser than the wise. The ants, a feeble people, which provide themselves food in the harvest: The rabbit, a weak people, which maketh its bed in the rock: The locust hath no king, yet they all go out by their bands: The stellio supporteth itself on hands, and dwelleth in kings' houses. A lion, the strongest of beasts, who hath no fear of any thing he meeteth: A cock girded about the loins: and a ram: and a king, whom none can resist. There is that hath appeared a fool after he was lifted up on high: for if he had understood, he would have laid his hand upon his mouth. And he that strongly squeezeth the paps to bring out milk, straineth out butter: and he that violently bloweth his nose, bringeth out blood: and he that provoketh wrath, bringeth forth strife. ”

“A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased; A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife. There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are very wise: The ants are a people not strong, but they put by a store of food in the summer; The conies are only a feeble people, but they make their houses in the rocks; The locusts have no king, but they all go out in bands; You may take the lizard in your hands, but it is in kings' houses. There are three things whose steps are good to see, even four whose goings are fair: The lion, which is strongest among beasts, not turning from his way for any; The war-horse, and the he-goat, and the king when his army is with him. If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth. The shaking of milk makes butter, and the twisting of the nose makes blood come: so the forcing of wrath is a cause of fighting.”