26 As snow in summer and as rain at harvest, so is honor unseemly for a fool.

² As the sparrow by wandering and the swallow by flying, so shall the causeless curse not come.

³ To the horse belongs a whip, to the ass a bridle, and to the fool’s back a rod.

⁴ Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

⁵ Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

⁶ He who sends a message by the hand of a fool, is as he who cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

⁷ As the legs of the lame are weak, so is a proverb in a fool’s mouth.

⁸ As the binding up of a stone in a sling is he who gives glory to a fool.

⁹ As a thorn goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

¹⁰ The Great God, Who formed all things, both gives the fool his hire and passes over the transgressors.

¹¹ As a dog turns again to his own vomit, so a fool turns to his folly.

¹² Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.