Proverbs 26:14-18

¹⁴As a door turns on the hinge, So does a sluggard on his bed.

¹⁵A sluggard having hidden his hand in his bosom, Will not be able to bring it up to his mouth.

¹⁶A sluggard seems to himself wiser Than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.

¹⁷As he that lays hold of a dog’s tail, So is he that makes himself the champion of another’s cause.

¹⁸As those who need correction put forth fair words to men, And he that first falls in with the proposal will be overthrown;