PROVERBS 26:9-21

⁹As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the month of fools.

¹⁰As an archer that woundeth all, so is he that hireth the fool and he that hireth them that pass by.

¹¹As a dog that returneth to his vomit, so is a fool that repeateth his folly.

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 neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

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

²¹As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to inflame strife.