26Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor is inappropriate for a fool.H7950H7019H4306H7105H3519H5000H36842Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow, an undeserved curse goes nowhere.H6833H5110H1866H5774H7045H2600H9353A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools.H7752H5483H4964H2543H7626H3684H14604Don't answer a fool according to his foolishness, or you'll be like him yourself.H6030H3684H200H77375Answer a fool according to his foolishness, or he'll become wise in his own eyes.H6030H3684H200H2450H58696The one who sends a message by a fool's hand cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.H7971H1697H3027H3684H7096H7272H8354H25557A proverb in the mouth of a fool is like lame legs that hang limp.H7785H6455H1809H4912H6310H36848Giving honor to a fool is like binding a stone in a sling.H6872H6887H68H4773H5414H3519H36849A proverb in the mouth of a fool is like a stick with thorns, brandished by the hand of a drunkard.H2336H5927H3027H7910H4912H6310H368410The one who hires a fool, or who hires those passing by, is like an archer who wounds everyone.H7227H2342H7936H3684H7936H567411As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness.H3611H7725H6892H3684H8138H20012Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.H7200H376H2450H5869H8615H368413The slacker says, "There's a lion in the road— a lion in the public square!"H6102H559H7826H1870H738H733914A door turns on its hinge, and a slacker, on his bed.H1817H5437H6735H6102H429615The slacker buries his hand in the bowl; he is too weary to bring it to his mouth.H6102H2934H3027H6747H3811H7725H631016In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser than seven men who can answer sensibly.H6102H2450H5869H7651H7725H294017A passerby who meddles in a quarrel that's not his is like one who grabs a dog by the ears.H5674H5674H7379H2388H3611H24118Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,H3856H3384H2131H2671H419419so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I was only joking!"H376H7411H7453H559H783220Without wood, fire goes out; without a gossip, conflict dies down.H657H6086H784H3518H5372H4066H836721As charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.H6352H1513H6086H784H4079H4066H376H2787H737922A gossip's words are like choice food that goes down to one's innermost being.H1697H5372H3859H3381H2315H99023Smooth lips with an evil heart are like glaze on an earthen vessel.H1814H8193H7451H3820H2789H6823H3701H550924A hateful person disguises himself with his speech and harbors deceit within.H8130H5234H8193H7896H4820H713025When he speaks graciously, don't believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.H6963H2603H539H7651H8441H382026Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his evil will be revealed in the assembly.H8135H3680H4860H7451H1540H695127The one who digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever rolls a stone— it will come back on him.H3738H7845H5307H1556H68H772528A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.H8267H3956H8130H1790H2509H6310H6213H4072