New International Reader's Version

Proverbs 26:9-14 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

9. A proverb in the mouth of a foolish person is like a thorn in the hand of someone who is drunk.

10. Anyone who hires a foolish person or someone who is passing by is like a person who shoots arrows at just anybody.

11. A foolish person who does the same foolish things again is like a dog that returns to where it has thrown up.

12. Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a foolish person than for him.

13. A person who doesn't want to work says, "There's a lion in the road! There's an angry lion wandering in the streets!"

14. A person who doesn't want to work turns over in bed just like a door that swings back and forth.