1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,
2As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying,
3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass,
4Answer not a fool according to his folly,
5Answer a fool according to his folly,
6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool
7The legs of the lame are not equal:
8As he that bindeth a stone in a sling,
9As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard,
10The great God that formed all things
11As a dog returneth to his vomit,
12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?
13The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way;
14As the door turneth upon his hinges,
15The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom;
16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit
17He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him,
18As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
19So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour,
20Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out:
21As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire;
22The words of a talebearer are as wounds,
23Burning lips and a wicked heart
24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips,
25When he speaketh fair, believe him not:
26Whose hatred is covered by deceit,
27Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein:
28A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it;