1Like snow in summer and rain at harvest,…
2Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an…
3A whip for the horse, a bridle for…
4Do not answer a fool according to his…
5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest…
6Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking…
7Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb…
8Like binding a stone into a sling is…
9Like a thorn that goes into the hand…
10Like an archer who wounds at random is…
11As a dog returns to its vomit, so…
12Do you see a man who is wise…
13The slacker says, “A lion is in the…
14As a door turns on its hinges, so…
15The slacker buries his hand in the dish;…
16The slacker is wiser in his own eyes…
17Like one who grabs a dog by the…
18Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
19so is the man who deceives his neighbor…
20Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip,…
21Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire,…
22The words of a gossip are like choice…
23Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning…
24A hateful man disguises himself with his speech,…
25When he speaks graciously, do not believe him,…
26Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his…
27He who digs a pit will fall into…
28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and…
