10 Like an archer who wounds everyone
    is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.[a]
11 Like (A)a dog that returns to his vomit
    is (B)a fool who repeats his folly.
12 Do you see a man who is (C)wise in his own eyes?
    (D)There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13 (E)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 (F)The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
    it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is (G)wiser in his own eyes
    (H)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.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:10 Or hires a fool or passersby

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