5. Answer a fool according to his folly, else he will be wise in his own eyes.
6. Like cutting off one’s feet or drinking violence is sending a message by a fool’s hand.
7. Like a lame man’s legs that hang limp, so is a proverb in a fool’s mouth.
8. Like tying a stone into a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.
9. Like a thorn bush in a drunkard’s hand is a proverb in a fool’s mouth.
10. Like an archer who wounds at random is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.
11. Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
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.