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.
15. The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
16. The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.
17. Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his ownis like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.
18. Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death
19. is the man who deceives his neighborand says, “I am only joking!”
20. For lack of wood the fire goes out,and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.