8. Like tying a stone in a slingis the giving of honour to a fool.
9. Like a thorn-bush in a drunkard’s handis a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
10. Like an archer who wounds at randomis one who hires a fool or any passer-by.
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!’