Proverbs 26:12-19 English Standard Version (ESV)

12. Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

13. The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!There is a lion in the streets!”

14. As a door turns on its hinges,so does a sluggard on his bed.

15. The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.

16. The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.

17. Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his ownis like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.

18. Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death

19. is the man who deceives his neighborand says, “I am only joking!”

Proverbs 26