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Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest, So glory is not fitting for a fool. 

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Like a sparrow in _its_ flitting, like a swallow in flying, So a curse without cause does not come _to pass_. 

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A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the back of fools. 

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Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you yourself also be like him. 

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Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes. 

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He cuts off _his own_ feet _and_ drinks violence Who sends words by the hand of a fool. 

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_Like_ the legs _which_ hang limp on the lame, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools. 

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Like one who binds a stone in a sling, So is he who gives glory to a fool. 

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_Like_ a thorn _which_ goes up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools. 

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_Like_ an archer who wounds everyone, So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by. 

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Like a dog that returns to its vomit Is a fool who repeats his folly. 

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

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The sluggard says, "There is a fierce lion in the road! A lion is among the streets!" 

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_As_ the door turns on its hinges, So _does_ the sluggard on his bed. 

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The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; He is _too_ weary to return it to his mouth. 

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The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who can respond with a discreet answer. 

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_Like_ one who seizes a dog by the ears Is he who passes by _and_ becomes passionate about strife not belonging to him. 

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Like a madman who shoots Firebrands, arrows, and death, 

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So is the man who deceives his neighbor, And says, "Am I not joking?" 

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With no wood the fire goes out, And where there is no whisperer, strife quiets down. 

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_Like_ charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife. 

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The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts of the stomach. 

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_Like_ an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross Are fiery lips and an evil heart. 

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He who hates disguises _it_ with his lips, But he sets up deceit within himself. 

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When he makes his voice gracious, do not believe him, For there are seven abominations in his heart. 

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_Though his_ hatred covers itself with guile, His evil will be revealed in the assembly. 

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He who digs a pit will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone, it will turn back on him. 

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A lying tongue hates those it crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin.