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.
11. As a kelev returneth to his vomit, so a kesil (fool) returneth to his folly.
12. Seest thou an ish chacham in his own eyes? There is more tikvah (hope) for a kesil (fool) than for him.
13. The atzel (sluggard, lazy one) saith, There is a lion in the derech; an ari is in the rechovot.
14. As the delet (door) turneth upon its hinges, so doth the atzel (sluggard, lazy one) upon his mittah (bed).
15. The atzel (sluggard, lazy one) hideth his yad in his dish; it's too tiring to bring it back to his peh (mouth) again.