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It isn't proper to honor a foolish person. That's like having snow in summer or rain at harvest time. |
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A curse given for no reason is like a wandering bird or a flying sparrow. It doesn't go anywhere. |
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A whip is for a horse. A harness is for a donkey. And a beating is for the backs of foolish people. |
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Don't answer a foolish person in keeping with his foolish acts. If you do, you will be like him yourself. |
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Answer a foolish person in keeping with his foolish acts. If you do, he won't be wise in his own eyes. |
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Sending a message in the hand of a foolish person is like cutting off your feet or drinking something harmful. |
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A proverb in the mouth of a foolish person is like disabled legs that are useless. |
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Giving honor to a foolish person is like tying a stone in a slingshot. |
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A proverb in the mouth of a foolish person is like a thorn in the hand of someone who is drunk. |
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Anyone who hires a foolish person or someone who is passing by is like a person who shoots arrows at just anybody. |
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A foolish person who does the same foolish things again is like a dog that returns to where it has thrown up. |
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Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a foolish person than for him. |
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A person who doesn't want to work says, "There's a lion in the road! There's an angry lion wandering in the streets!" |
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A person who doesn't want to work turns over in bed just like a door that swings back and forth. |
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A person who doesn't want to work leaves his hand in the dish. He acts as if he is too tired to bring it back up to his mouth. |
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A person who doesn't want to work is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who give careful answers. |
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Don't get mixed up in someone else's fight as you are passing by. That's like picking a dog up by its ears. |
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Suppose a crazy person shoots flaming arrows that can kill. |
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A man who lies to his neighbor and says, "I was only joking!" is just like that person. |
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If you don't have wood, your fire goes out. If you don't talk about others, arguing dies down. |
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Coal glows. Wood burns. And a man who argues stirs up fights. |
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The words of anyone who talks about others are like tasty bites of food. They go deep down inside you. |
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Warm words that come from an evil heart are like shiny paint on a clay pot. |
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Someone who wants to hurt you uses his words to hide his hatred. But his heart is full of lies that cover up his evil plans. |
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What a person says can be charming. But don't believe him. Seven things that God hates can fill that person's heart. |
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Hatred can be hidden by lies. But what is evil will be shown to everyone. |
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If anyone digs a pit, he will fall into it. If he rolls a big stone, it will roll back on him. |
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A tongue that tells lies hates the people it hurts. And words that seem to praise you destroy you. |
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