1. The sluggard is like a filthy stone;everyone hisses at his disgrace.
2. The sluggard is like a lump of dung;whoever touches it shakes it off the hands.
3. An undisciplined child is a disgrace to its father;if it be a daughter, she brings him to poverty.
4. A thoughtful daughter obtains a husband of her own;a shameless one is her father’s grief.
5. A hussy shames her father and her husband;she is despised by both.
6. Like music at the time of mourning is ill-timed talk,but lashes and discipline are at all times wisdom.
9. Teaching a fool is like gluing a broken pot,or rousing another from deep sleep.
10. Whoever talks with a fool talks to someone asleep;when it is over, he says, “What was that?”
11. Weep over the dead, for their light has gone out;weep over the fool, for sense has left him.Weep but less bitterly over the dead, for they are at rest;worse than death is the life of a fool.
12. Mourning for the dead, seven days—but for the wicked fool, a whole lifetime.