1 Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,
so honor is not fitting for a fool.
2 Like a fluttering sparrow,
like a darting swallow,
so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.
3 A whip is for the horse,
a bridle for the donkey,
and a rod for the back of fools!
4 Don’t 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 eyes.
6 One who sends a message by the hand of a fool
is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
7 Like the legs of the lame that hang loose,
so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
8 As one who binds a stone in a sling,
so is he who gives honor to a fool.
9 Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard,
so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
10 As an archer who wounds all,
so is he who hires a fool
or he who hires those who pass by.
11 As a dog that returns to his vomit,
so is a fool who repeats his folly.
12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road!
A fierce lion roams the streets!"
14 As the door turns on its hinges,
so does the sluggard on his bed.
15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish.
He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
than seven men who answer with discretion.
17 Like one who grabs a dog’s ears
is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18 Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
19 is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?"
20 For lack of wood a fire goes out.
Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
21 As coals are to hot embers,
and wood to fire,
so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
22 The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,
they go down into the innermost parts.
23 Like silver dross on an earthen vessel
are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
24 A malicious man disguises himself with his lips,
but he harbors evil in his heart.
25 When his speech is charming, don’t believe him,
for there are seven abominations in his heart.
26 His malice may be concealed by deception,
but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27 Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it.
Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts;
and a flattering mouth works ruin.
1 夏天落雪， 收割时下雨， 都不合宜； 照样， 愚昧人获得尊荣， 也不合宜。
2 麻雀怎样飞来飞去， 燕子怎样翻飞； 照样， 无故的咒诅也不会临到人。
3 鞭子是为了打马， 嚼环是为了勒驴； 刑杖是为了打愚昧人的背。
4 不要照着愚昧人的愚妄回答他， 免得你像他一样。
5 要照着愚昧人的愚妄回答他， 免得他自以为有智慧。
6 借愚昧人的手传递信息的， 是自断己足， 自寻烦恼。
7 箴言在愚昧人口中， 就像瘸子的腿， 虚悬无用。
8 把荣耀给愚昧人的， 就像人把石子系在投石器上。
9 箴言在愚昧人口中， 就像荆棘在醉汉手里。
10 雇用愚昧人和过路人的， 就像胡乱射伤众人的弓箭手。
11 愚昧人一再重复他的愚妄， 正像狗转过来， 吃自己所吐的。
12 你见过自以为有智慧的人吗？愚昧人比他更有指望。
13 懒惰人说： "路上有狮子， 广场上也有狮子。"
14 懒惰人在床上翻动， 就像门绕着门铰转动一样。
15 懒惰人把手放在盘子里， 连拿食物送回口边也觉得劳累。
16 懒惰人看自己， 比七个善于应对的人更有智慧。
17 过路的人被激怒， 去干涉与自己无关的争执， 就像人揪住狗的耳朵。
18 人欺骗了邻舍， 却说： "我不过是开玩笑罢了。"他就像疯狂的人， 投掷火把、利箭和杀人的武器。
20 没有柴， 火就熄灭； 没有搬弄是非的人， 纷争就平息。
21 好争竞的人， 煽动争端， 就像余烬上加炭， 火上加柴一样。
22 搬弄是非的人的言语如同美食； 深入人的脏腑。
23 嘴唇火热， 心却奸恶， 就像包上银渣的瓦器。
24 憎恶人的用话语掩饰自己， 心里却存着诡诈。
25 他的话语虽然动听， 你不可信他， 因为他心里有七样可厌恶的事。
26 他的怨恨虽然以诡诈掩饰， 但他的邪恶必在大会中显露出来。
27 挖掘陷坑的， 自己必掉在其中； 辊石头的， 石头必辊回自己身上。
28 虚谎的舌头憎恶被它伤害的人； 谄媚的口造成败坏。