Proverbs 26:10-16 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

10. It's no cleverer to shoot arrowsat every passer-bythan it is to hire a bunchof worthless nobodies.

11. Dogs return to eat their vomit,just as fools repeattheir foolishness.

12. There is more hope for a foolthan for someone who says,“I'm really clever!”

13. Don't be lazy and keep saying,“There's a lion outside!”

14. A door turns on its hinges,but a lazy personjust turns over in bed.

15. Some of us are so lazythat we won't lift a handto feed ourselves.

16. A lazy person says,“I am clevererthan everyone else.”

Proverbs 26