1. Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,so honor is not fitting for a fool.
2. Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight.
3. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,and a rod for the back of fools.
4. Answer not a fool according to his folly,lest you be like him yourself.
5. Answer a fool according to his folly,lest he be wise in his own eyes.
6. Whoever sends a message by the hand of a foolcuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
7. Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless,is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8. Like one who binds the stone in the slingis one who gives honor to a fool.
9. Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkardis a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10. Like an archer who wounds everyoneis one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.
11. Like a dog that returns to his vomitis a fool who repeats his folly.
12. Do you see a man who is 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!There is a lion in the streets!”
14. As a door turns on its hinges,so does a sluggard on his bed.