Like snow in summer and like arain in harvest, So honor is not bfitting for a fool.
2Like a asparrow in its 1flitting, like a swallow in its flying, So a bcurse without cause does not 2alight.
3A awhip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, And a brod for the back of fools.
4aDo not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him.
5aAnswer a fool as his folly deserves, That he not be bwise in his own eyes.
6He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence Who sends a message by the hand of a fool.
7Like the legs which 1are useless to the lame, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8Like 1one who binds a stone in a sling, So is he who gives honor to a fool.
9Like a thorn which 1falls into the hand of a drunkard, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
101Like an archer who wounds everyone, So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.
11Like aa dog that returns to its vomit Is a fool who brepeats 1his folly.
12Do you see a man awise in his own eyes? bThere is more hope for a fool than for him.
13The asluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A lion is 1in the open square!"
14As the door turns on its hinges, So does the asluggard on his bed.
15The asluggard buries his hand in the dish; He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again.
16The sluggard is awiser in his own eyes Than seven men who can 1give a discreet answer.
17Like one who takes a dog by the ears Is he who passes by and 1meddles with astrife not belonging to him.
18Like a madman who throws aFirebrands, arrows and death,
19So is the man who adeceives his neighbor, And says, " bWas I not joking?"
20For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no awhisperer, bcontention quiets down.
21Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a acontentious man to kindle strife.
22The awords of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the 1innermost parts of the body.
23Like an earthen avessel overlaid with silver bdross Are burning lips and a wicked heart.
24He who ahates disguises it with his lips, But he lays up bdeceit in his 1heart.
25When 1he aspeaks graciously, do not believe him, For there are seven abominations in his heart.
26Though his hatred acovers itself with guile, His wickedness will be brevealed before the assembly.
27He who adigs a pit will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
28A lying tongue hates 1those it crushes, And a aflattering mouth works ruin.