28A CITY BROKEN INTO THERE NOT [IS] A WALL A PERSON WHOM NOT CONTROL [BELONGS] TO SPIRIT HIS 28Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
1LIKE <THE> SNOW IN THE SUMMER AND LIKE <THE> RAIN AT THE HARVEST SO NOT [IS] SUITABLE FOR A FOOL HONOR Similitudes and Instructions 1Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
2LIKE <THE> BIRD FOR FLUTTERING LIKE <THE> SWALLOW FOR FLYING SO A CURSE WITHOUT CAUSE TO HIM IT WILL COME 2Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
3A WHIP FOR <THE> HORSE A BRIDLE FOR <THE> A DONKEY AND A ROD FOR [THE] BACK OF FOOLS 3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
4MAY NOT YOU ANSWER A FOOL ACCORDING TO FOOLISHNESS HIS LEST YOU SHOULD BECOME LIKE <TO> HIM ALSO YOU 4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
5ANSWER A FOOL ACCORDING TO FOOLISHNESS HIS LEST HE SHOULD BE WISE IN OWN EYES HIS 5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
6[ONE WHO] CUTS OFF FEET VIOLENCE [ONE WHO] DRINKS [ONE WHO] SENDS WORDS BY [THE] HAND OF A FOOL 6Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
7THEY HANG DOWN LEGS FROM A LAME [PERSON] AND A PROVERB IN [THE] MOUTH OF FOOLS 7Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
8AS TIES A STONE IN A SLING SO [ONE WHO] GIVES TO A FOOL HONOR 8Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
9THORN[S] IT GOES UP IN [THE] HAND OF A DRUNKARD AND A PROVERB IN [THE] MOUTH OF FOOLS 9Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
10AN ARCHER [WHO] WOUNDS EVERYONE AND [ONE WHO] HIRES A FOOL AND [ONE WHO] HIRES [THOSE WHO] PASS BY 10Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.
11LIKE A DOG [WHICH] RETURNS TO OWN VOMIT ITS A FOOL [WHO] REPEATS <IN> FOOLISHNESS HIS 11As a dog returns to its vomit,*NoteCloseCited in 2 Peter 2:22 so a fool repeats his folly.
12YOU SEE A PERSON WISE IN OWN EYES HIS HOPE [BELONGS] TO A FOOL MORE THAN HIM 12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13HE SAYS A SLUGGARD A LION [IS] IN THE ROAD A LION [IS] BETWEEN THE OPEN PLACES 13The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
14THE DOOR IT TURNS ON HINGE[S] ITS AND A SLUGGARD ON BED HIS 14As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
15HE HIDES A SLUGGARD HAND HIS IN THE DISH HE IS WEARY TO BRING BACK IT TO MOUTH HIS 15The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
16[IS] WISE A SLUGGARD IN OWN EYES HIS MORE THAN SEVEN [PEOPLE] [WHO] BRING BACK <OF> DISCERNMENT 16The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
17[ONE WHO] TAKES HOLD ON [THE] EARS OF A DOG A PASSER BY [WHO] BECOMES ANGRY ON A DISPUTE [WHICH] NOT [BELONGS] TO HIM 17Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18LIKE A MADMAN WHO THROWS BURNING ARROWS ARROWS AND DEATH 18Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
19SO A PERSON [WHO] HE DECEIVES <OBJ.> NEIGHBOR HIS AND HE SAYS ¿ NOT JESTING [WAS] I 19so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
20WITH NOT WOOD<S> IT IS EXTINGUISHED A FIRE AND WITH NOT A SLANDERER IT BECOMES QUIET STRIFE 20Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
21CHARCOAL TO BURNING COALS AND WOOD<S> TO FIRE AND A PERSON OF CONTENTIONS TO KINDLING STRIFE 21Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22[THE] WORDS OF A SLANDERER [ARE] LIKE DELICACIES AND THEY THEY GO DOWN [THE] CHAMBERS OF [THE] BELLY 22The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
23SILVER OF DROSS<ES> OVERLAID ON EARTHENWARE LIPS BURNING AND A HEART OF EVIL 23Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning*NoteCloseHebrew; LXX smooth lips and a wicked heart.
24WITH LIPS HIS HE DISGUISES HIMSELF [ONE WHO] HATES AND IN INNER BEING HIS HE PUTS DECEIT <p class="indent1"> 24A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
25IF HE WILL MAKE FAVORABLE VOICE HIS MAY NOT YOU TRUST IN HIM FOR SEVEN ABOMINATIONS [ARE] IN HEART HIS 25When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.
26IT COVERS ITSELF HATRED WITH DECEPTION IT WILL BE REVEALED WICKEDNESS HIS IN [THE] ASSEMBLY 26Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27[ONE WHO] DIGS A PIT IN IT HE WILL FALL AND [ONE WHO] ROLLS A STONE TO HIM IT WILL RETURN 27He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
28A TONGUE OF FALSEHOOD IT HATES CRUSHED [PEOPLE] ITS AND A MOUTH FLATTERING IT MAKES STUMBLING 28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.