6. Sending a message in the hand of a foolish person is like cutting off your feet or drinking something harmful.
7. A proverb in the mouth of a foolish person is like disabled legs that are useless.
8. Giving honor to a foolish person is like tying a stone in a slingshot.
9. A proverb in the mouth of a foolish person is like a thorn in the hand of someone who is drunk.
10. Anyone who hires a foolish person or someone who is passing by is like a person who shoots arrows at just anybody.
11. A foolish person who does the same foolish things again is like a dog that returns to where it has thrown up.
12. Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a foolish person than for him.
13. A person who doesn't want to work says, "There's a lion in the road! There's an angry lion wandering in the streets!"
14. A person who doesn't want to work turns over in bed just like a door that swings back and forth.
15. A person who doesn't want to work leaves his hand in the dish. He acts as if he is too tired to bring it back up to his mouth.
16. A person who doesn't want to work is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who give careful answers.