1 Like the snow in the summer, and like the rain in the harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool. VP
2 Like the sparrow in fluttering, like the swallow in flying, so a curse without cause does not come. VP
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools! VP
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you be likened to him—even you. VP
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his eyes. VP
6 Cutting off feet, drinking violence, [is] sending a message by the hand of fool. VP
7 Legs hanging limp from lameness [is] a proverb in the mouth of fools. VP
8 Binding up a stone in a sling, so [is] giving honor to a fool. VP
9 A thorn [that] goes into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a proverb in the mouth of fools. VP
10 An archer piercing anything, so [is] hiring a fool or hiring those passing by. VP
11 Like a dog returning to its vomit [is] a fool repeating his folly. VP
12 Do you see a man wise in his eyes? Hope [is] for a fool more than him. VP
13 A lazy one says, “A lion [is] in the road! A fierce lion [is] in the broad places!” VP
14 The door [that] turns about on its hinges, so [is] a lazy one upon his bed. VP
15 A lazy one hides his hand in the bowl; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth. VP
16 Wiser [is] a lazy one in his eyes, than seven returning a reason. VP
17 One grabbing hold on the ears of a dog passing by, [is] a passerby in a quarrel not unto him. VP
18 Like a madman shooting firebrands arrows, and death, VP
19 so [is] the man who has deceived his neighbor, and he says, “Am I not playing?” VP
20 With the end of the wood, the fire [is] quenched, and without one whispering, strife quiets down. VP
21 Charcoal to burning coals, and wood to a fire, so [is] a man of quarrels to kindle strife. VP
22 The words of one whispering [are] like morsels being swallowed, they even go down [to] the chambers of the belly. VP
23 Silver of dross laid over an earthen vessel [are] burning lips and a heart of evil. VP
24 With his lips the one hating disguises [it], and within himself he places deceit. VP
25 When his voice is favorable, you should not trust in him, for seven abominations [are] in his heart. VP
26 Hatred is concealed by deceit; his wickedness will be uncovered in the assembly. VP
27 The one digging a pit, he will fall into it; and the one rolling a stone, to him it will return. VP
28 A tongue of deceit hates its oppressed ones, and a smooth mouth causes ruin. VP