bour
of his mother in bearing him, let the ravens of the brooks pick it out,
and the young eagles eat it.

30:18. Three things are hard to me, and the fourth I am utterly ignorant
of.

30:19. The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock,
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man in
youth.

30:20. Such also is the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth and
wipeth her mouth, and saith: I have done no evil.

30:21. By three things the earth is disturbed, and the fourth it cannot
bear.

30:22. By a slave when he reigneth: by a fool when he is filled with
meat:

30:23. By an odious woman when she is married: and by a bondwoman when
she is heir to her mistress.

30:24. There are four very little things of the earth, and they are
wiser than the wise.

30:25. The ants, a feeble people, which provide themselves food in the
harvest:

30:26. The rabbit, a weak people, which maketh its bed in the rock:

30:27. The locust hath no king, yet they all go out by their bands:

30:28. The stellio supporteth itself on hands, and dwelleth in kings'
houses.

The stellio... A kind of house lizard marked with spots like stars, from
whence it has its name.

30:19. There are three things, which go well, and the fourth that
walketh happily:

30:30. A lion, the strongest of beasts, who hath no fear of any thing he
meeteth:

30:31. A cock girded about the loins: and a ram: and a king, whom none
can resist.

30:32. 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.

30:33. 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.

Proverbs Chapter 31

An exhortation to chastity, temperance, and works of mercy; with the
praise of a wise woman.

31:1. The words of king Lamuel. The vision wherewith his mother
instructed him.

Lamuel... This name signifies God with him, and is supposed to have been
one of the names of Solomon.

31:2. What, O my beloved, what, O the beloved of my womb, what, O the
beloved of my vows?

31:3. Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings.

31:4. Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings: because there
is no secret where drunkenness reigneth:

31:5. And lest they drink and forget judgments, and perve