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,
19. so is a person who deceives his neighbor,and says, “Was I not only joking?”
20. Where there is no wood, a fire goes out,and where there is no gossip, contention ceases.
21. Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire,so is a contentious person to kindle strife.
22. The words of a gossip are like delicious morsels;they go down into a person’s innermost being.