¹As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly (fitting; proper) for a fool.

²As the bird by wandering, as the swallow (to approve, commend, accept) by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

³A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.

⁴Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest youi also be like unto him.

⁵Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

⁶He that send a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet, [and] drink damage.

⁷The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.

⁸As he that binds a stone in a sling, so [is] he that gives honour to a fool.

⁹[As] a thorn goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.

¹⁰The great [God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]] that formed all [things] both rewards the fool, and rewards transgressors.

¹¹As a dog returns to his vomit, [so] a fool returns to his folly.

¹²See youi a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.

¹³The slothful [man] says, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.

¹⁴[As] the door turns upon his hinges, so [does] the slothful upon his bed.

¹⁵The slothful hides his hand in [his] bosom; it grieves him to bring it again to his mouth.

¹⁶The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

¹⁷He that passes by, [and] meddles with strife [belonging] not to him, [is like] one that takes a dog by the ears.

¹⁸As a mad [man] who casts firebrands, arrows, and death,

¹⁹So [is] the man [that] deceives his neighbour, and says, Am not I in sport?

²⁰Where no wood is, [there] the fire goes out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceases.

²¹[As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious (loving to quarrel and angrily debate) man to kindle strife.

²²The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

²³Burning lips and a wicked heart [are like] a potsherd (piece of broken pottery) covered with silver dross.

²⁴He that hates dissembles with his lips, and lays up deceit within him;

²⁵When he speaks fair, believe him not: for [there are] seven abominations in his heart.

²⁶[Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be showed before the [whole] congregation.

²⁷Whoso digs a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolls a stone, it will return upon him.

²⁸A lying tongue hates [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth works ruin.