| | 1 | Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool. | |
| | 2 | Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest. | |
| | 3 | A whip for the horse, a halter for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! | |
| | 4 | Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself. | |
| | 5 | Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes. | |
| | 6 | Like cutting off one's feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool. | |
| | 7 | Like a lame man's legs that hang limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. | |
| | 8 | Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool. | |
| | 9 | Like a thornbush in a drunkard's hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. | |
| | 10 | Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or any passer-by. | |
| | 11 | As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. | |
| | 12 | Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. | |
| | 13 | The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!" | |
| | 14 | As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed. | |
| | 15 | The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. | |
| | 16 | The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly. | |
| | 17 | Like one who seizes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own. | |
| | 18 | Like a madman shooting firebrands or deadly arrows | |
| | 19 | is a man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I was only joking!" | |
| | 20 | Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down. | |
| | 21 | As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. | |
| | 22 | The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man's inmost parts. | |
| | 23 | Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart. | |
| | 24 | A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but in his heart he harbors deceit. | |
| | 25 | Though his speech is charming, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart. | |
| | 26 | His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. | |
| | 27 | If a man digs a pit, he will fall into it; if a man rolls a stone, it will roll back on him. | |
| | 28 | A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin. | |
