1. As sheleg (snow) in kayitz (summer), and as matar (rain) at katzir (harvest), so kavod is not fitting for a kesil (fool).
2. As the tzippor in its fluttering, as the swallow in its flying, so the kelelah (curse) without cause shall not alight.
3. A shot (whip) for the sus, a bridle for the chamor, and a shevet for the back of kesilim.
4. Answer not a kesil (fool) according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
5. Answer a kesil (fool) according to his folly, lest he be chacham in his own eyes.
6. He that sendeth a message by the yad of a kesil (fool) cutteth off the raglayim, and drinketh chamas.
7. The legs of the pisei'ach (lame man) hang limp; so is a mashal in the peh (mouth) of kesilim.
8. As he that bindeth an even (stone) in a sling, so is he that giveth kavod to a kesil (fool).
9. As a thornbush goeth up into the yad of a shikkor, so is a mashal in the peh (mouth) of kesilim.
10. Like an archer wounding all, so is he that hireth the kesil (fool), or hireth the passerby.