1As snow in summer and rain in harvest, so glory is not lovely for a fool.2As a bird for wandering and a swallow for flying, so a curse without cause does not come.3A whip belongs to a horse, a bridle to a donkey, and a rod to the backs of fools.4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you become like him.5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he consider himself wise.6He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.7The legs of the lame are useless, and a proverb in the mouth of fools.8As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.9A thornbush goes up into the hand of a drunkard, and a proverb in the mouth of fools.10Like an archer who wounds all is he who hires a fool or hires passersby.11As a dog returns to its vomit, a fool repeats his folly.12If you see a man wise in his own eyes, there is more hope for a fool than for him.13The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road; there is a lion in the streets."14As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and is too weary to bring it back to his mouth.16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven who give sound judgment.17Whoever grabs a dog by the ears meddles in a quarrel not his own.18Like one who shoots missiles, arrows, and death,19so is the one who deceives his neighbor and says, "Was I not joking?"20Without wood a fire goes out, and without a gossip quarreling ceases.21Coal is for coals and wood for fire, and a contentious man for kindling strife.22Words of a whisperer are like those who swallow, and they go down into chambers of the belly.23Burning lips and a wicked heart are like glaze spread over earthenware.24An enemy disguises himself with his lips while harboring deceit in his heart.25When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.26Hatred is covered by guile; his harm is uncovered in the assembly.27One who pierces a pit will fall into it, and one who rolls a stone, it will return to him.28A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.