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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!” |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows, |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!” |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin. |
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