Proverbs 26:13-19

English Standard Version

^13 (A)The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
    There is a lion in the streets!”
¹⁴ As a door turns on its hinges,
    so does a sluggard on his bed.
^15 (B)The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
    it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
¹⁶ The sluggard is ^(C)wiser in his own eyes
    ^(D)than seven men who can answer sensibly.
¹⁷ Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own
    is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.
¹⁸ Like a madman who throws ^(E)firebrands, arrows, and death
¹⁹ is the man who deceives his neighbor
    and says, “I am only joking!”