12 See that man who thinks he’s so smart?You can expect far more from a fool than from him.
13 Loafers say, “It’s dangerous out there!Tigers are prowling the streets!”and then pull the covers back over their heads.
14 Just as a door turns on its hinges,so a lazybones turns back over in bed.
15 A shiftless sluggard puts his fork in the pie,but is too lazy to lift it to his mouth.
16 Dreamers fantasize their self-importance;they think they are smarterthan a whole college faculty.
17 You grab a mad dog by the earswhen you butt into a quarrel that’s none of your business.
18-19 People who shrug off deliberate deceptions,saying, “I didn’t mean it, I was only joking,”Are worse than careless camperswho walk away from smoldering campfires.