7Like the legs of a paralytic which hang down is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8Like tying a stone in a sling is giving honor to a fool.
9Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10Like an archer who wounds all those around him is one who hires a fool or hires anyone who passes by.
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.