PROVERBS 26:11-18

¹¹As a dog that returneth to his vomit, so is a fool that repeateth his folly.

¹²Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

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

¹⁴As the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the sluggard upon his bed.

¹⁵The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; it wearieth 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 passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

¹⁸As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death;