3. A whip for a horse, a bridle for a donkey,and a rod for the back of fools.
4. Don’t answer fools according to their folly,or you will become like them yourself.
5. Answer fools according to their folly,or they will deem themselves wise.
6. Sending messages with a foolis like cutting off one’s feet or drinking down violence.
7. As legs dangle from a disabled person,so does a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8. Like tying a stone in a sling,so is giving respect to a fool.
9. Like a thorny bush in the hand of a drunk,so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10. Like an archer who wounds someone randomly,so is one who hires a fool or a passerby.
11. Like a dog that returns to its vomit,so a fool repeats foolish mistakes.
12. Do you see people who consider themselves wise?There is more hope for a fool than for them.
13. A lazy person says, "There’s a lion in the path!A lion in the plazas!"
14. As a door turns on its hinge,so do lazy people in their beds.
15. Lazy people bury their hand into the bowl,too tired to return it to their mouth.
16. Lazy people think they are wiserthan seven people who answer sensibly.
17. Like yanking the ears of a dog,so is one who passes by and gets involved in another person’s fight.