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2The sluggard is like a lump of dung; whoever touches it shakes
it off the hands. 3An undisciplined child is a disgrace to its
father; if it be a daughter, she brings him to poverty.a 4A
thoughtful daughter obtains a husband of her own; a shameless
one is her father’s grief. 5A hussy shames her father and her
husband; she is despised by both. 6Like music at the time of
mourning is ill-timed talk,* but lashes and discipline are at
all times wisdom.† 9Teaching a fool is like gluing a broken
pot,b or rousing another from deep sleep. 10Whoever talks with a
fool talks to someone asleep; when it is over, he says, “What
was that?” 11Weep over the dead, for their light has gone out;
weep over the fool, for sense has left him. Weep but less
bitterly over the dead, for they are at rest; worse than death
is the life of a fool. 12Mourning for the dead, seven days—c but
for the wicked fool, a w