| 1 | In the manner of snow in the summer, and rain at the harvest, so also is glory unfit for the foolish. |
| 2 | Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away. |
| 3 | A whip is for a horse, and a muzzle is for donkey, and a rod is for the back of the imprudent. |
| 4 | Do not respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest you become like him. |
| 5 | Respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise. |
| 6 | Whoever sends words by a foolish messenger has lame feet and drinks iniquity. |
| 7 | In the manner of a lame man who has beautiful legs to no purpose, so also is a parable unfit for the mouth of the foolish. |
| 8 | Just like one who casts a stone into the pile of Mercury, so also is he who gives honor to the foolish. |
| 9 | In the manner of a thorn, if it were to spring up from the hand of a drunkard, so also is a parable in the mouth of the foolish. |
| 10 | Judgment determines cases. And whoever imposes silence on the foolish mitigates anger. |
| 11 | Like a dog that returns to his vomit, so also is the imprudent who repeats his foolishness. |
| 12 | Have you seen a man who seems wise to himself? There will be greater hope held for the unwise than for him. |
| 13 | The lazy one says, "There is a lion along the way, and a lioness in the roads." |
| 14 | Just as a door turns upon its hinges, so also does the lazy one turn upon his bed. |
| 15 | The lazy one conceals his hand under his arms, and it is a labor for him to move it to his mouth. |
| 16 | The lazy one seems wiser to himself than seven men speaking judgments. |
| 17 | Just like one who takes hold of a dog by the ears, so also is he who crosses impatiently and meddles in the quarrels of another. |
| 18 | Just as he is guilty who let loose the arrows and the lances unto death, |
| 19 | so also is the man who harms his friend by deceitfulness. And when he has been apprehended, he says, "I did it jokingly." |
| 20 | When the wood fails, the fire will be extinguished. And when the gossiper is taken away, conflicts will be quelled. |
| 21 | Just as charcoals are to burning coals, and wood is to fire, so also is an angry man who stirs up quarrels. |
| 22 | The words of a whisperer seem simple, but they penetrate to the innermost parts of the self. |
| 23 | In the same manner as an earthen vessel, if it were adorned with impure silver, conceited lips are allied with a wicked heart. |
| 24 | An enemy is known by his lips, though it is from his heart that he draws out deceit. |
| 25 | When he will have lowered his voice, do not believe him, for there are seven vices in his heart. |
| 26 | Whoever covers hatred with deceit, his malice shall be revealed in the assembly. |
| 27 | Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. And whoever rolls a stone, it will roll back to him. |
| 28 | A false tongue does not love truth. And a slippery mouth works ruin. |
