1 Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool. | TOSK |
2 Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest. | TOSK |
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! | TOSK |
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him. | TOSK |
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes. | TOSK |
6 Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool. | TOSK |
7 Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. | TOSK |
8 Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool. | TOSK |
9 Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. | TOSK |
10 Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby. | TOSK |
11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. | C | TOSK |
12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. | C | TOSK |
13 The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!” | C | TOSK |
14 As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed. | C | TOSK |
15 The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth. | C | TOSK |
16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly. | C | TOSK |
17 Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own. | C | TOSK |
18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows, | TOSK |
19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!” | TOSK |
20 Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases. | TOSK |
21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. | TOSK |
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being. | TOSK |
23 Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart. | TOSK |
24 A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart. | TOSK |
25 When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart. | TOSK |
26 Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. | TOSK |
27 He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him. | TOSK |
28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin. | TOSK |