Proverbs 26:12-20

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,

¹⁹So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?

²⁰For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.