11. As a dog returns to its vomit,so fools repeat their folly.
12. Do you see a person wise in their own eyes?There is more hope for a fool than for them.
13. A sluggard says, ‘There’s a lion in the road,a fierce lion roaming the streets!’
14. As a door turns on its hinges,so a sluggard turns on his bed.
15. A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16. A sluggard is wiser in his own eyesthan seven people who answer discreetly.
17. Like one who grabs a stray dog by the earsis someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.
18. Like a maniac shootingflaming arrows of death
19. is one who deceives their neighbourand says, ‘I was only joking!’
20. Without wood a fire goes out;without gossip a quarrel dies down.
21. As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
22. The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;they go down to the inmost parts.