4. Don’t answer fools when they speak foolishly,or you will be just like them.
5. Answer fools when they speak foolishly,or they will think they are really wise.
6. Sending a message by a foolish personis like cutting off your feet or drinking poison.
7. A wise saying spoken by a foolis as useless as the legs of a crippled person.
8. Giving honor to a foolish personis like tying a stone in a slingshot.
9. A wise saying spoken by a foolis like a thorn stuck in the hand of a drunk.
10. Hiring a foolish person or anyone just passing byis like an archer shooting at just anything.
11. A fool who repeats his foolishnessis like a dog that goes back to what it has thrown up.
12. There is more hope for a foolish personthan for those who think they are wise.
13. The lazy person says, “There’s a lion in the road!There’s a lion in the streets!”
14. Like a door turning back and forth on its hinges,the lazy person turns over and over in bed.