As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,

2 As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying,

3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass,

4 Answer not a fool according to his folly,

5 Answer a fool according to his folly,

6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool

7 The legs of the lame hang loose;

8 As one that bindeth a stone in a sling,

9 As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard,

10 As an archer that woundeth all,

11 As a dog that returneth to his vomit,

12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?

13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way;

14 As the door turneth upon its hinges,

15 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish;

16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit

17 He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him,

18 As a madman who casteth firebrands,

19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor,

20 For lack of wood the fire goeth out;

21 As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire,

22 The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,

23 Fervent lips and a wicked heart

24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips;

25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not;

26 Though his hatred cover itself with guile,

27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein;

28 A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded;