1Like snow in summer and rain at harvest,
2Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow,
3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
4Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
5Answer a fool according to his folly,
6Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence
7Like lame legs hanging limp
8Like binding a stone into a sling
9Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard
10Like an archer who wounds at random
11As a dog returns to its vomit,26:11 Cited in 2 Peter 2:22
12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?
13The slacker says, “A lion is in the road!
14As a door turns on its hinges,
15The slacker buries his hand in the dish;
16The slacker is wiser in his own eyes
17Like one who grabs a dog by the ears
18Like a madman shooting firebrands
19so is the man who deceives his neighbor
20Without wood, a fire goes out;
21Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire,
22The words of a gossip are like choice morsels
23Like glaze covering an earthen vessel
24A hateful man disguises himself with his speech,
25When he speaks graciously, do not believe him,
26Though his hatred is concealed by deception,
27He who digs a pit will fall into it,
28A lying tongue hates those it crushes,