12. Do you see one wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than him.
13. A slacker says, “There’s a lion on the road! A lion is in the streets!”
14. As a door turns on its hinges so a slacker turns on his bed.
15. The slacker plunges his hand in the dish— he is too tired to bring it back to his mouth.
16. A slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer sensibly.
17. Like one who takes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18. Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows
19. so is one who deceives his friend, and says, “I was only joking.”
20. Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip quarrels cease.
21. As coals are to embers and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindling strife.
22. A gossip’s words are like tasty morsels— they slide down into the innermost parts of the body.
23. Like silver glaze overlaying earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.