3. A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
4. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be made like him.
5. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.
6. He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity.
7. As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.
8. As he that casteth a stone into the heap of Mercury: so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
9. As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
10. Judgment determineth causes: and he that putteth a fool to silence, appeaseth anger.
11. As a dog that returneth to his vomit, so is the fool that repeateth his folly.
12. Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him.
13. The slothful man saith: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness in the roads.
14. As the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
15. The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and it grieveth him to turn it to his mouth.