1 Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest, So honor is not fitting for a fool.
² Like a sparrow in its ^[a]flitting, like a swallow in its flying, So a curse without cause does not ^[b]alight.
³ A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the back of fools.
⁴ Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him.
⁵ Answer a fool as his folly deserves, That he not be wise in his own eyes.
⁶ He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence Who sends a message by the hand of a fool.
⁷ Like the legs which ^[c]are useless to the lame, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
⁸ Like ^[d]one who binds a stone in a sling, So is he who gives honor to a fool.
⁹ Like a thorn which ^[e]falls into the hand of a drunkard, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
^{10  [f]}Like an archer who wounds everyone, So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.
¹¹ Like a dog that returns to its vomit Is a fool who repeats ^[g]his folly.
¹² Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
¹³ The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A lion is ^[h]in the open square!"
¹⁴ As the door turns on its hinges, So does the sluggard on his bed.
¹⁵ The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again.
¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who can ^[i]give a discreet answer.
¹⁷ Like one who takes a dog by the ears Is he who passes by and ^[j]meddles with strife not belonging to him.
¹⁸ Like a madman who throws Firebrands, arrows and death,
¹⁹ So is the man who deceives his neighbor, And says, "Was I not joking?"
²⁰ For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.
²¹ Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
²² The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the ^[k]innermost parts of the body.
²³ Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross Are burning lips and a wicked heart.
²⁴ He who hates disguises it with his lips, But he lays up deceit in his ^[l]heart.
²⁵ When ^[m]he speaks graciously, do not believe him, For there are seven abominations in his heart.
²⁶ Though his hatred covers itself with guile, His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.
²⁷ He who digs a pit will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
²⁸ A lying tongue hates ^[n]those it crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin.