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11 Foolish people who do the same foolish things again
    are like a dog that returns to where it has thrown up.

12 Do you see a person who is wise in their own eyes?
    There is more hope for a foolish person than for them.

13 A person who doesn’t want to work says, “There’s a lion in the road!
    There’s an angry lion wandering in the streets!”

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11 As a dog returns to its vomit,(A)
    so fools repeat their folly.(B)
12 Do you see a person wise in their own eyes?(C)
    There is more hope for a fool than for them.(D)

13 A sluggard says,(E) “There’s a lion in the road,
    a fierce lion roaming the streets!”(F)

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