Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passer-by.
If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!
Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
He will reward each one according to his works: