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