15. A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16. A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly.
17. Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.
18. Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death
19. is one who deceives their neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
20. Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.
21. As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
22. The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.
23. Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.