- 1. Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
- 2. Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest.
- 3. A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!
- 4. Don't answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
- 5. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
- 6. One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
- 7. Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- 8. As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
- 9. Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- 10. As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.
- 11. As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.
- 12. Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- 13. The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"
- 14. As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.
- 15. The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
- 16. The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.
- 17. Like one who grabs a dog's ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
- 18. Like a madman who shoots firebrands, arrows, and death,
- 19. is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?"
- 20. For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
- 21. As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
- 22. The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.
- 23. Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
- 24. A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.
- 25. When his speech is charming, don't believe him; for there are seven abominations in his heart.
- 26. His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
- 27. Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
- 28. A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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