12. Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13. The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road —a lion in the public square! ”
14. A door turns on its hinges,and a slacker, on his bed.
15. The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;he is too weary to bring it to his mouth.
16. In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser than seven men who can answer sensibly.
17. A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not hisis like one who grabs a dog by the ears.
18. Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,
19. so is the man who deceives his neighborand says, “I was only joking! ”