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| 1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so, unbecoming to a dullard is honour. |
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| 2 As a sparrow in wandering, as a swallow in flying, so, a causeless curse, shall not alight. |
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| 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of dullards. |
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| 4 Do not answer a dullard, according to his folly, lest, even thou thyself, become like him; |
Answer not a fool – To one who speaks foolishly do not talk foolishly in return. R5050:3
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| 5 Answer a dullard according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes. |
Answer a fool – You do him service if you show him the folly of his position. R5050:3
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| 6 One who cutteth off feet, one who drinketh down wrong, is he who sendeth a message by the hand of a dullard. |
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| 7 Useless are the legs of the lame, and a proverb, in the mouth of a dullard. |
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| 8 Like tying a stone to a sling, so, is he that giveth honour, to a dullard. |
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| 9 A brier cometh into the hand of a drunken-man, a proverb into the mouth of dullards. |
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| 10 [As] an archer who woundeth every thing, [so] one who hireth a dullard, and a drunkard crossing the sea. |
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| 11 As, a dog, returneth onto his own vomit, a dullard, repeateth his folly. |
Returneth to his vomit – As those who, by God's grace, have once been delivered from Babylon and return thither. R2991:5
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| 12 Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eye,–more hope of a dullard, than of him! |
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| 13 Saith the sluggard, A roaring lion in the road! A tearing lion in the midst of the broadways. |
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| 14 The door, turneth on its hinges, and, the sluggard, upon his bed. |
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| 15 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. |
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| 16 Wiser is the sluggard in his own eyes, than, seven persons, who can answer with judgment. |
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| 17 As he who layeth hold of the ears of a dog, is a passer-by, who giveth vent to his wrath over a quarrel, not his! |
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| 18 As a madman throwing firebrands, arrows and death, |
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| 19 So, is a man who deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Was not, I, in sport? |
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| 20 Without wood a fire is quenched, and, where there is no tattler, strife is hushed. |
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| 21 Black coal to burning blocks, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man, for kindling strife. |
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| 22 the words of a tattler, are dainties, they, therefore go down into the chambers of the inner man. |
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| 23 Dross silver overlaid upon earthenware, so are burning lips, with a mischievous heart: |
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| 24 With his lips, the hater dissembleth, but, within himself, he layeth up deceit:
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| 25 Though he make gracious his voice, do not trust him, for, seven abominations, are in his heart: |
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| 26 Hatred may clothe itself with guile, his wickedness shall be disclosed in the convocation. |
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| 27 He that diggeth a pit, thereinto, shall fall, and, he that rolleth a stone, upon himself, shall it return. |
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| 28 A false tongue, hateth them who are crushed by it, and, a flattering mouth, worketh occasion of stumbling. |
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