Proverbs 30:24-28

Contemporary English Version

²⁴ On this earth four things
    are small but very wise:
²⁵ Ants, who seem to be feeble,
but store up food
    all summer long;
²⁶ badgers, who seem to be weak,
    but live among the rocks;
²⁷ locusts, who have no king,
    but march like an army;
²⁸ lizards,^[a] which can be caught
in your hand,
    but sneak into palaces.