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10 Like an archer who wounds everybody
    is he who hires a passing fool or drunkard.[a]
11 Like a dog that returns to his vomit
    is a fool that repeats his folly.
12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?
    There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:10 The Hebrew text of this verse is uncertain

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