VIN(i)
1 Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
2 Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own pride.
6 Like cutting off feet or drinking violence, so is he who sends messages in the hand of a fool.
7 The legs of a lame man hang loose. So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8 Like binding a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.
9 As a thorn goes up into the drunkard's hand, so a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10 Like an archer who wounds everyone, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires passersby.
11 As a dog returns to his vomit, thus a fool repeats his folly.
12 Do you see a man 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. A fierce lion roams the streets."
14 As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed.
15 The 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 [men] that answer discreetly.
17 Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18 Like a madman who shoots firebrands, arrows, and death,
19 So is the man who deceives his neighbor, and says: "I was only joking."
20 For lack of wood a fire goes out; without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
21 As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
22 The words of a gossip are as tasty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.
23 Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth words with an evil heart.
24 A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.
25 When his speech is charming, do not believe him; for there are seven abominations in his heart.
26 His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27 Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.