1Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,
2Like a fluttering sparrow,
3A whip is for the horse,
4Don’t answer a fool according to his folly,
5Answer a fool according to his folly,
6One who sends a message by the hand of a fool
7Like the legs of the lame that hang loose,
8As one who binds a stone in a sling,
9Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard,
10As an archer who wounds all,
11As a dog that returns to his vomit,
12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
13The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
14As the door turns on its hinges,
15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish.
16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
17Like one who grabs a dog’s ears
18Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
19is the man who deceives his neighbour and says, “Am I not joking?”
20For lack of wood a fire goes out.
21As coals are to hot embers,
22The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,
23Like silver dross on an earthen vessel
24A malicious man disguises himself with his lips,
25When his speech is charming, don’t believe him,
26His malice may be concealed by deception,
27Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it.
28A lying tongue hates those it hurts;