¹Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, ²Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, ³A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, ⁴Do not answer a fool according to his folly, ⁵Answer a fool according to his folly, ⁶Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence ⁷Like lame legs hanging limp ⁸Like binding a stone into a sling ⁹Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard ¹⁰Like an archer who wounds at random ¹¹As a dog returns to its vomit, ¹²Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? ¹³The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! ¹⁴As a door turns on its hinges, ¹⁵The slacker buries his hand in the dish; ¹⁶The slacker is wiser in his own eyes ¹⁷Like one who grabs a dog by the ears ¹⁸Like a madman shooting firebrands ¹⁹so is the man who deceives his neighbor ²⁰Without wood, a fire goes out; ²¹Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, ²²The words of a gossip are like choice morsels ²³Like glaze covering an earthen vessel ²⁴A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, ²⁵When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, ²⁶Though his hatred is concealed by deception, ²⁷He who digs a pit will fall into it, ²⁸A lying tongue hates those it crushes,