1<\/sup>In the manner of snow in the summer, and rain at the harvest, so also is glory unfit for the foolish.<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>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.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>A whip is for a horse, and a muzzle is for donkey, and a rod is for the back of the imprudent.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>Do not respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest you become like him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>Respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>Whoever sends words by a foolish messenger has lame feet and drinks iniquity.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>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.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>Just like one who casts a stone into the pile of Mercury, so also is he who gives honor to the foolish.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>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.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>Judgment determines cases. And whoever imposes silence on the foolish mitigates anger.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>Like a dog that returns to his vomit, so also is the imprudent who repeats his foolishness.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>Have you seen a man who seems wise to himself? There will be greater hope held for the unwise than for him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>The lazy one says, “There is a lion along the way, and a lioness in the roads.”<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>Just as a door turns upon its hinges, so also does the lazy one turn upon his bed.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>The lazy one conceals his hand under his arms, and it is a labor for him to move it to his mouth.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>The lazy one seems wiser to himself than seven men speaking judgments.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>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.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>Just as he is guilty who let loose the arrows and the lances unto death,<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>so also is the man who harms his friend by deceitfulness. And when he has been apprehended, he says, “I did it jokingly.”<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>When the wood fails, the fire will be extinguished. And when the gossiper is taken away, conflicts will be quelled.<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>Just as charcoals are to burning coals, and wood is to fire, so also is an angry man who stirs up quarrels.<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>The words of a whisperer seem simple, but they penetrate to the innermost parts of the self.<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>In the same manner as an earthen vessel, if it were adorned with impure silver, conceited lips are allied with a wicked heart.<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>An enemy is known by his lips, though it is from his heart that he draws out deceit.<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>When he will have lowered his voice, do not believe him, for there are seven vices in his heart.<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>Whoever covers hatred with deceit, his malice shall be revealed in the assembly.<\/span> <\/p>\n 27<\/sup>Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. And whoever rolls a stone, it will roll back to him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 28<\/sup>A false tongue does not love truth. And a slippery mouth works ruin.<\/span> <\/p>\n