The lips of a fool ¹  enter into strife, ²  and his mouth invites ³  a flogging. ⁴ 

A fool lets fly with all his temper, ¹  but a wise person keeps it back. ² 

under a servant ¹  who becomes king, under a fool who is stuffed with food, ² 

Whoever brings a fool ¹  into the world ²  does so ³  to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy. ⁴ 

A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense. ¹ 

Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity ¹  than one who is perverse in his speech ²  and is a fool. ³ 

A rebuke makes a greater impression on ¹  a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool. ² 

Like an archer who wounds at random, ¹  so is the one who hires ²  a fool or hires any passer-by.

A fool’s annoyance ¹  is known at once, ²  but the prudent ³  overlooks ⁴  an insult.

Every shrewd ¹  person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays ²  his folly.

A fool takes no pleasure ¹  in understanding but only in disclosing ²  what is on his mind. ³ 

It is an honor for a person ¹  to cease ²  from strife, but every fool quarrels. ³ 

The fool folds his hands and does no work, ¹  so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh. ² 

Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, ¹  and shows ²  everyone what a fool he is. ³ 

It is better for a person to meet ¹  a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than ²  to encounter ³  a fool in his folly. ⁴ 

Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, ¹  so is sending ²  a message by the hand of a fool. ³ 

Like tying a stone in a sling, ¹  so is giving honor to a fool.

A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation ¹  by a fool is more burdensome ²  than the two of them.

Just as dreams come when there are many cares, ¹  so ²  the rash vow ³  of a fool occurs ⁴  when there are many words.

The wise person ¹  accepts instructions, ²  but the one who speaks foolishness ³  will come to ruin. ⁴