1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,

2As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying,

3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass,

4Answer not a fool according to his folly,

5Answer a fool according to his folly,

6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool

7The legs of the lame hang loose;

8As one that bindeth a stone in a sling,

9As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard,

10As an archer that woundeth all,

11As a dog that returneth to his vomit,

12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?

13The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way;

14As the door turneth upon its hinges,

15The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish;

16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit

17He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him,

18As a madman who casteth firebrands,

19So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor,

20For lack of wood the fire goeth out;

21As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire,

22The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,

23Fervent lips and a wicked heart

24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips;

25When he speaketh fair, believe him not;

26Though his hatred cover itself with guile,

27Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein;

28A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded;