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1The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!"
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As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.
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2The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
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The sluggard is 3wiser in his own eyes 4than seven men who can answer sensibly.
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Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.
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Like a madman who throws 5firebrands, arrows, and death
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is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I am only joking!"
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For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no 6whisperer, 7quarreling ceases.
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As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is 8a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
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9The words of 10a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
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11Like the 12glaze covering an earthen vessel are fervent lips with an evil heart.