15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish.He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyesthan seven men who answer with discretion.
17 Like one who grabs a dog’s earsis one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18 Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
19 is the man who deceives his neighbour and says, “Am I not joking?”
20 For lack of wood a fire goes out.Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
21 As coals are to hot embers,and wood to fire,so is a contentious man to kindling strife.