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.
12. Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13. The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!A lion in the streets!”
14. Like a door that turns on its hinges,so a sluggard turns on his bed.
15. The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish;he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16. The sluggard is wiser in his own estimationthan seven people who respond with good sense.
17. Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears,so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.
18. Like a madman who shootsfirebrands and deadly arrows,