13 A sluggard says, ‘There’s a lion in the road,a fierce lion roaming the streets!’
14 As a door turns on its hinges,so a sluggard turns on his bed.
15 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyesthan seven people who answer discreetly.
17 Like one who grabs a stray dog by the earsis someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.
18 Like a maniac shootingflaming arrows of death
19 is one who deceives their neighbourand says, ‘I was only joking!’