1As snow in summer and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
2As the sparrow for wandering, as the swallow for flying, so a causeless curse comes home to him.
3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
6He cuts off feet, he drinks violence, who sends words by the hand of a fool.
7The legs hang limp from the lame, and a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
9A thorn goes up into the hand of a drunkard, and a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10A master pierces all; and he who hires a fool, and he who hires those who pass by.
11As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
12Have you seen a man (ish) wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13The sluggard says, "There is a fierce lion in the way, a lion in the midst of the streets."
14The door turns upon its hinge, and the sluggard upon his bed.
15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too weary to bring it back to his mouth.
16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven who answer with discretion.
17As one who seizes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles over a strife not his own.
18As a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,
19so is a man (ish) who deceives his neighbor, and says, "Am I not joking?"
20Without wood the fire goes out, and without a whisperer strife is quieted.
21Charcoal to embers and wood to fire, so is a contentious man (ish) to kindle strife.
22The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, and they go down into the chambers of the belly.
23Silver of dross overlaid upon an earthen vessel are burning lips and an evil heart.
24With his lips one who hates dissembles, but within him he sets deceit.
25When he makes his voice gracious, do not believe in him, for seven abominations are in his heart.
26Though hatred is covered with deceit, his evil shall be revealed in the assembly.
27He who digs a pit shall fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it shall return upon him.
28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a smooth mouth works ruin.