Proverbs 26:11-20

¹¹As a dog returns to his own vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.

¹²Do you see someone who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

¹³The lazy person says, “There is a lion on the road! There is a lion between the open places!”

¹⁴As the door turns on its hinges, so is the lazy person upon his bed.

¹⁵The lazy person puts his hand into the dish and yet he has no strength to lift it up to his mouth.

¹⁶The lazy person is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who respond with good judgment.

¹⁷Like one who takes hold of the ears of a dog, is a passerby who becomes angry at a dispute that is not his own.

¹⁸Like a madman who shoots burning arrows,

¹⁹is the one who deceives his neighbor and says, “Was I not telling a joke?”

²⁰For lack of wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no gossiper quarreling ceases.