Proverbs 26
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Proverbs 26
1 #
1 Sam 12.17
Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,
so honor is not fitting for a fool.
2 #
Num 23.8; Deut 23.5 Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
an undeserved curse goes nowhere.
3 #
Ps 32.9
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
and a rod for the back of fools.
4 #
Prov 23.9; 29.9 Do not answer fools according to their folly,
lest you be a fool yourself.
5 #
Mt 16.1–4; 21.24–27 Answer fools according to their folly,
lest they be wise in their own eyes.
6It is like cutting off one’s foot and drinking down violence,
to send a message by a fool.
7 #
v 9
The legs of a lame person hang limp;
so does a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
8 #
v 1
It is like binding a stone in a sling
to give honor to a fool.
9 #
v 7
Like a thornbush brandished by the hand of a drunkard
is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
10Like an archer who wounds everybody
is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.#26.10 Meaning of Heb uncertain
11 #
Ex 8.15; 2 Pet 2.22 Like a dog that returns to its vomit
is a fool who reverts to his folly.
12 #
v 5
; Prov 3.7; 29.20Do you see people wise in their own eyes?
There is more hope for fools than for them.
13 #
Prov 22.13
The lazy person says, “There is a lion in the road!
There is a lion in the streets!”
14As a door turns on its hinges,
so does a lazy person in bed.
15 #
Prov 19.24
The lazy person buries a hand in the dish
and is too tired to bring it back to the mouth.
16The lazy person is wiser in self-esteem
than seven who can answer discreetly.
17 #
Prov 3.30
Like someone who takes a passing dog by the ears
is one who meddles in the quarrel of another.
18 #
Isa 50.11
Like a maniac who shoots deadly firebrands and arrows,
19 #
Prov 24.28
so is one who deceives a neighbor
and says, “I am only joking!”
20 #
Prov 16.28; 22.10 For lack of wood the fire goes out,
and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
21 #
Prov 15.18
As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire,
so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
22 #
Prov 18.8
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.
23Like the glaze#26.23 Cn: Heb silver of dross covering an earthen vessel
are smooth#26.23 Gk: Heb burning lips with an evil heart.
24 #
Prov 10.18; 12.20 An enemy dissembles in speaking
while harboring deceit within;
25 #
Ps 28.3; Jer 9.8 when an enemy speaks graciously, do not believe it,
for there are seven abominations concealed within;
26 #
Mt 23.28; Lk 8.17 though hatred is covered with guile,
the enemy’s wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27 #
Ps 7.15; Prov 28.10; Eccl 10.8 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
and a stone will come back on the one who starts it rolling.
28 #
Prov 29.5
A lying tongue hates its victims,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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