16. The lazy person thinks he is wiserthan seven people who give sensible answers.
17. Interfering in someone else’s quarrel as you pass byis like grabbing a dog by the ears.
18. Like a madman shootingdeadly, burning arrows
19. is the one who tricks a neighborand then says, “I was just joking.”
20. Without wood, a fire will go out,and without gossip, quarreling will stop.
21. Just as charcoal and wood keep a fire going,a quarrelsome person keeps an argument going.
22. The words of a gossip are like tasty bits of food;people like to gobble them up.
23. Kind words from a wicked mindare like a shiny coating on a clay pot.