Proverbs 26:7-14

⁷A lame man cannot use his legs, and similarly SIM it is useless for a foolish person to speak MTY ◄proverbs/wise sayings►.

⁸Tying a stone in a sling so that it cannot be thrown at a target is as foolish as SIM honoring a foolish person.

⁹If a drunk person waves some thorns/brambles with his hand, he is not able to accomplish anything useful by doing that (OR, he does not feel it when a thorn sticks in his hand); similarly, if foolish people speak MTY proverbs, they do not help anyone who hears them.

¹⁰A man who shoots arrows to try to wound everybody who is near is foolish; similarly, anyone who hires a foolish person who passes by is very foolish.

¹¹A foolish person will foolishly do something stupid a second time; it is like SIM a dog returning to eat what it has vomited.

¹²God can help/bless foolish people more easily than he can help/bless people who are not wise RHQ, but think that they are wise.

¹³Lazy people just stay inside their houses and do nothing; they keep saying “ I think there is a lion in the street!”

¹⁴A door continually swings back and forth on its hinges and does not go anywhere; similarly SIM, lazy people just continually turn over in their beds and never do anything.