Proverbs 30:24
Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise:
In context
21 Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up: 22 a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with food; 23 an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.
24 Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise: 25 the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer; 26 the rock badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in the cliffs; 27 the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank;
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 30:24 in the KJV
There be four things which are little upon the earth, But they are exceeding wise:
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 30:24 in the NIV
“Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise: