1. Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,so honor is not fitting for a fool.
2. Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow,so a curse without cause does not come to rest.
3. A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey,and a rod for the backs of fools!
4. Do not answer a fool according to his folly,lest you yourself also be like him.
5. Answer a fool according to his folly,lest he be wise in his own estimation.
6. Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence,so is sending a message by the hand of a fool.
7. Like legs that hang limp from the lame,so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8. Like tying a stone in a sling,so is giving honor to a fool.
9. Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard,so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
10. Like an archer who wounds at random,so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passer-by.
11. Like a dog that returns to its vomit,so a fool repeats his folly.