1Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool. 2Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest. 3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! 4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him. 5Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes. 6Sending a message by the hands of a fool is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison. 7Like the useless legs of one who is lame is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. 8Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool. 9Like a thornbush in a drunkard’s hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. 10Like an archer who wounds at random is one who hires a fool or any passer-by. 11As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly. 12Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.
13A sluggard says, “There’s a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!” 14As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed. 15A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. 16A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly.
17Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.
18Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death 19is one who deceives their neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
20Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down. 21As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife. 22The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.
23Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent⚓ lips with an evil heart. 24Enemies disguise themselves with their lips, but in their hearts they harbor deceit. 25Though their speech is charming, do not believe them, for seven abominations fill their hearts. 26Their malice may be concealed by deception, but their wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. 27Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them. 28A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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1Lub koob meej muab rau tus uas ruam kuj tsis phim yam nkaus li daus xib daus npu los rau lub caij ntuj kub thiab nag los rau lub caij sau qoob. 2Yog yus tsis tau ua txhaum mas tej lus foom tsis zoo yuav tsis raug ib yam li tus noog piv uas ya mus ya los thiab yam li tus luv uas ya tsis tsaws. 3Rab nplawm siv nplawm nees, txoj xauv siv sam nees luav, mas rab nplawm siv nplawm tus ruam nrob qaum. 4Tsis txhob teb tus ruam raws li nws txojkev ruam tsam ces koj ho zoo nkaus li nws lawm. 5Cia li teb tus ruam raws li nws txojkev ruam, tsam ces nws pom tias nws ntse lawm. 6Tus uas tso tus neeg ruam xa xov kuj yog nws txiav nws kotaw pov tseg thiab haus kev iab kev khwv. 7Tej paj lug uas nyob hauv tus ruam lub qhov ncauj zoo ib yam nkaus li txhais kotaw uas lov dai vias siv tsis tau. 8Tus uas muab koob meej rau tus uas ruam zoo ib yam nkaus li nws muab lub qe zeb hlaws khi rau ntawm txoj roj hmab. 9Tej paj lug uas nyob hauv tus ruam lub qhov ncauj zoo ib yam nkaus li tus pos uas nyob hauv tus qaug cawv txhais tes. 10Tus uas ntiav tus neeg ruam lossis tus uas qaug cawv uas dua kev, kuj zoo ib yam li tus uas tua hneev ywj tua raug txhua leej txhua tus. 11Tus ruam uas ua qhov ruam tag los ua thiab, kuj zoo ib yam nkaus li tus dev uas rov noj nws cov ntuav. 12Koj pom tus uas nws xav hais tias nws ntse los tsis pom? Tseem muaj vam tus uas ruam heev dua li tus ntawd. 13Tus tub nkeeg hais tias, “Muaj tsov ntxhuav nyob tom kev. Muaj tsov ntxhuav nyob ntawm ntug moos.” 14Lub qhov rooj qoj tau mus los ntawm tus npuab rooj li cas, tus tub nkeeg kuj ntxeev luj luam saum nws lub txaj pw ib yam li ntawd. 15Tus tub nkeeg muab txhais tes tsau rau hauv lub phaj, nws nqa txhais tes rau ntawm qhov ncauj txog siav kawg. 16Tus uas tub nkeeg pom tias nws ntse dua xya leej uas teb tau tej lus thoob tsib to nrog. 17Tus uas ntxig ceg rau hauv luag tej lus sib cav sib ceg uas tsis thab raug nws, kuj zoo ib yam li tus uas ntsiab tus dev uas dhia hla mus nplooj ntseg. 18-19Tus uas dag lwm tus lawm los ho hais tias, “Kuv lam tawb koj xwb,” ces kuj zoo yam li tus neeg vwm uas laim hlav hluavtaws thiab tua rab xub thiab kev tuag tawm mus. 20Yog taws tag lawm hluavtaws kuj tuag, thiab yog tsis muaj neeg lis xaiv kuj tseg tsis muaj lus sib cav sib ceg. 21Thee ua rau cub tawg ciaj ncaig vog, thiab taws ua rau nplaim taws ci li cas, tus uas pheej sib cav sib ceg tshum kom muaj lus sib cav sib ceg ib yam li ntawd. 22Tus lig xaiv tej lus zoo yam nkaus tej zaub mov qab qab, uas nkag kiag mus rau hauv plab. 23Daim tawv ncauj npliag lub siab phem kuj zoo yam nkaus li cov kua tshuaj uas muab luam rau lub tais av. 24Tus uas ntxub luag mas nws daim tawv ncuaj zais lus, thiab nws cib nyeej rau nruab siab. 25Thaum nws hais lus mos lus muag tsis txhob ntseeg nws rau qhov ib puas tsav yam⚓ txojkev ntxub ntxaug nyob hauv nws lub siab. 26Txawm yog nws muaj tswvyim npog nws txojkev ntxub ntxaug cia los nws txojkev limhiam yuav tshwm plaws los rau ib tsoom neeg pom. 27Tus uas khawb qhov taub cuab luag, nws yuav poob rau hauv lub qhov ntawd, tus uas dov pob zeb los nws yuav raug pob zeb tais. 28Tus nplaig uas dag, ntxub tus uas nws rhuav tshem, thiab lub ncauj qab rog qab ntse coj kev puam tsuaj los ze.