6. Trusting a fool to convey a messageis like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison!
7. A proverb in the mouth of a foolis as useless as a paralyzed leg.
8. Honoring a foolis as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot.
9. A proverb in the mouth of a foolis like a thorny branch brandished by a drunk.
10. An employer who hires a fool or a bystanderis like an archer who shoots at random.
11. As a dog returns to its vomit,so a fool repeats his foolishness.
12. There is more hope for foolsthan for people who think they are wise.
13. The lazy person claims, “There’s a lion on the road!Yes, I’m sure there’s a lion out there!”
14. As a door swings back and forth on its hinges,so the lazy person turns over in bed.
15. Lazy people take food in their handbut don’t even lift it to their mouth.
16. Lazy people consider themselves smarterthan seven wise counselors.
17. Interfering in someone else’s argumentis as foolish as yanking a dog’s ears.
18. Just as damagingas a madman shooting a deadly weapon
19. is someone who lies to a friendand then says, “I was only joking.”
20. Fire goes out without wood,and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.
21. A quarrelsome person starts fightsas easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood.