14 A door turns on its hinges,and a slacker, on his bed.
15 The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;he is too weary to bring it to his mouth.
16 In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser than seven men who can answer sensibly.
17 A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not hisis like one who grabs a dog by the ears.
18 Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,
19 so is the man who deceives his neighborand says, “I was only joking! ”
20 Without wood, fire goes out;without a gossip, conflict dies down.