OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 21

Proverbs 30:21

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“For three things the earth trembles,

and under four, it can’t bear up:

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Proverbs 30:18–24

18

“There are three things which are too amazing for me,

four which I don’t understand:

19

The way of an eagle in the air,

the way of a serpent on a rock,

the way of a ship in the middle of the sea,

and the way of a man with a maiden.

20

“So is the way of an adulterous woman:

She eats and wipes her mouth,

and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

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“For three things the earth trembles,

and under four, it can’t bear up:

22

For a servant when he is king,

a fool when he is filled with food,

23

for an unloved woman when she is married,

and a servant who is heir to her mistress.

24

“There are four things which are little on the earth,

but they are exceedingly wise:

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