6. Sending a message by the hands of a fool is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison.
7. Like the useless legs of one who is lame is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
8. Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
9. Like a thornbush in a drunkard’s hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
10. Like an archer who wounds at random is 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!”
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 eyes than seven people who answer discreetly.