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 eyesthan seven men who answer with discretion.
17. Like one who grabs a dog’s earsis 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 neighbour and says, “Am I not joking?”