Proverbs

¹ honor is not fitting for a fool.

² an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

³ and a rod for the backs of fools!

⁴ or you will be like him yourself.

⁵ or he will be wise in his own eyes.

⁶ is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

⁷ is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

⁸ is the giving of honor to a fool.

⁹ is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

¹⁰ is he who hires a fool or any passer-by.

¹¹ so a fool repeats his folly.

¹² There is more hope for a fool than for him.

¹³ a fierce lion roaming the streets!”

¹⁴ so a sluggard turns on his bed.

¹⁵ he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

¹⁶ than seven men who answer discreetly.

¹⁷ is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

¹⁸ firebrands or deadly arrows

¹⁹ and says, “I was only joking!”

²⁰ without gossip a quarrel dies down.

²¹ so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

²² they go down to a man’s inmost parts.

²³ are fervent lips with an evil heart.

²⁴ but in his heart he harbors deceit.

²⁵ for seven abominations fill his heart.

²⁶ but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

²⁷ if a man rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.

²⁸ and a flattering mouth works ruin.