Proverbs 26
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1Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,
so honor is not fitting for a fool.
2Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
a curse without cause shall not alight. # Nu 23:8; 2Sa 16:12
3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, # Ps 32:9
a rod is for the back of a fool. # Pr 10:13
4Answer not a fool according to his folly,
lest you also be like him.
5Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be wise in his own eyes. # Pr 28:11
6He who sends a message by the hand of a fool # Pr 10:26
cuts off his feet and drinks violence.
7Like the legs of the lame that hang limp,
so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. # Pr 26:9
8Like he who binds a stone in a sling,
so is he who gives honor to a fool. # Pr 26:1
9Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard,
is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
10Like an archer who wounds all
so is he who hires the fool or the passerby.
11Like a dog that returns to its vomit, # 2Pe 2:22
so a fool returns to his folly. # Ex 8:15
12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him. # Pr 26:5; 29:20
13The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
There is a lion in the streets!” # Pr 22:13
14As a door turns on its hinges,
so does a sluggard on his bed.
15The sluggard hides his hand in his dish;
it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth. # Pr 19:24
16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes # Pr 26:12
than seven men who render a reason.
17Like he who takes a passing dog by the ears,
is one who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18Like a madman who throws
firebrands, arrows, and death,
19so is the man who deceives his neighbor,
and says, “I am only joking!” # Eph 5:4
20Where there is no wood, the fire goes out;
so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases. # Pr 22:10
21As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. # Pr 15:18; 29:22
22The words of a slanderer are like tasty morsels;
they go down into the innermost parts of the heart. # Pr 18:8
23Like the silver of dross covering an earthen vessel
are the lips of a fervent woman with an evil heart.
24He who hates disguises it with his lips,
and within his heart, he harbors deceit; # Pr 12:20
25when his speech is gracious, do not believe him, # Ps 28:3
for there are seven abominations in his heart;
26though his hatred is covered by guile,
his wickedness will be exposed before the congregation.
27He who digs a pit will fall into it, # Est 7:10; Pr 28:10
and he who rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.
28A lying tongue hates those that are crushed by it,
and a flattering mouth works ruin. # Pr 29:5
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