1Just like [SIM] it is not appropriate for snow to fall in summer time, or rain to fall at harvest time,
2Like [SIM] birds that fly by and do not alight/land on anything,
3It is necessary to whip a horse and to put a bridle on a donkey to force them to go where we want them to go,
4If a foolish person asks a foolish question, do not answer him,
5If you give a foolish answer to someone who asks a foolish question,
6Anyone who asks a foolish person to take a message to someone
7A lame man cannot use his legs,
8Tying a stone in a sling so that it cannot be thrown at a target
9If a drunk person waves some thorns/brambles with his hand,
10A man who shoots arrows to try to wound everybody who is near is foolish;
11A foolish person will foolishly do something stupid a second time;
12God can help/bless foolish people more easily
13Lazy people just stay inside their houses and do nothing;
14A door continually swings back and forth on its hinges and does not go anywhere;
15Some people are extremely lazy;
16Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people
17Anyone who ◄meddles/involves himself► in a quarrel that does not concern him
18Crazy people who shoot burning arrows to kill people
19are as foolish as those who deceive someone else
20If there is no more firewood to put on the fire, the fire will go out;
21Putting charcoal on burning coals or putting wood on a fire causes the fire to keep burning;
22People enjoy listening to what gossips say about others just like [SIM] they enjoy tasty food;
23People who say nice things when they are thinking about doing evil things
24Those who hate someone and are saying [MTY] something very different from what they are thinking are hypocrites;
25When they say nice things, do not believe them,
26They try to deceive people to cause them to think that they do not hate that person,
27Those who dig a deep pit for other people to fall into will fall into it themselves;
28Those [MTY] who tell lies to others really hate them,