1. Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,so honour is not fitting for a fool.
2. Like a fluttering sparrow,like a darting swallow,so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.
3. A whip is for the horse,a bridle for the donkey,and a rod for the back of fools!
4. Don’t answer a fool according to his folly,lest you also be like him.
5. Answer a fool according to his folly,lest he be wise in his own eyes.
6. One who sends a message by the hand of a foolis cutting off feet and drinking violence.
7. Like the legs of the lame that hang loose,so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
8. As one who binds a stone in a sling,so is he who gives honour to a fool.
9. Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard,so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
10. As an archer who wounds all,so is he who hires a foolor he who hires those who pass by.
11. As a dog that returns to his vomit,so is a fool who repeats his folly.
12. Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13. The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!A fierce lion roams the streets!”
14. As the door turns on its hinges,so does the sluggard on his bed.
15. The sluggard buries his hand in the dish.He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16. The sluggard is wiser in his own eyesthan seven men who answer with discretion.
17. Like one who grabs a dog’s earsis one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.