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[1]LIKE snow in summer and like rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool
[2]Like sparrows wandering and like birds flying in the air, so the curse that is causeless shall be driven away
[3]A whip for the horse, a goad for the ass, and a rod for the back of a fool
[4]Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be also like him.
[5]But answer a fool according to your wisdom, lest he think in himself that he is wise
[6]He who sends a message by the hand of a fool drinks iniquity from under his own feet.
[7]As a lame man who cannot walk, so is a parable in the mouth of a fool.
[8]Like a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
[9]Thorns spring up in the hand of a drunkard, and folly in the mouth of a foot
[10]The body of a fool is greatly afflicted, and a drunkard thinks that he can cross a sea
[11]As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool that misbehaves in his folly
[12]If you should see a man wise in his own eyes, a fool is much better than he
[13]The sluggard says, when he is sent out, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets
[14]As a door turns upon its hinges, so does the slothful turn on his bed
[15]The slothful hides his hands in his bosom; it grieves him to bring them again to his mouth
[16]The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men with good reasoning
[17]He who meddles with a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a dog by the ears
[18]Like haughty men who utter words sharp and deadly as arrows,
[19]So is the man who deceives his neighbor; when he is caught, he says, I was merely jesting
[20]When there is no wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no troublesome person, the strife ceases.
[21]As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a malicious person to kindle strife.
[22]The words of the malicious stir up trouble; they go down into the innermost parts of the heart
[23]Like silver dross which sticks to an earthen pot, so are enraged lips and an evil heart
[24]He who hates is known by his own speech; in his heart he entertains deceit;
[25]Though he speaks in a gentle tone, believe him not; for there are seven abominations in his heart.
[26]He who conceals hatred in his heart, his wickedness shall be revealed in the congregation
[27]He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and he who rolls a stone, it will return upon him
[28]A lying tongue hates the truth; and a troublesome mouth stirs up a quarrel
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