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         <div class="label">26</div><div class="s"><span class="heading">Similitudes, Instructions</span></div><div class="q"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.26.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.26.1"><span class="content">So honor is not fitting for a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.26.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.26.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Like a sparrow in </span><span class="it"><span class="content">its</span></span><span class="content"> flitting, like a swallow in </span><span class="it"><span class="content">its</span></span><span class="content"> flying,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.26.2"><span class="content">So a curse without cause does not alight.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.26.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.26.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.26.3"><span class="content">And a rod for the back of fools.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.26.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.26.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do not answer a fool according to his folly,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.26.4"><span class="content">Or you will also be like him.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.26.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.26.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Answer a fool as his folly </span><span class="it"><span class="content">deserves,</span></span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.26.5"><span class="content">That he not be wise in his own eyes.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.26.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.26.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He cuts off </span><span class="it"><span class="content">his own</span></span><span class="content"> feet </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> drinks violence</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.26.6"><span class="content">Who sends a message by the hand of a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.26.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.26.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">Like</span></span><span class="content"> the legs </span><span class="it"><span class="content">which</span></span><span class="content"> are useless to the lame,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.26.7"><span class="content">So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.26.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.26.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Like one who binds a stone in a sling,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.26.8"><span class="content">So is he who gives honor to a fool.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.26.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.26.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">Like</span></span><span class="content"> a thorn </span><span class="it"><span class="content">which</span></span><span class="content"> falls into the hand of a drunkard,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.26.9"><span class="content">So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.26.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.26.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">Like</span></span><span class="content"> an archer who wounds everyone,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.26.10"><span class="content">So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.26.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.26.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Like a dog that returns to its vomit</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.26.11"><span class="content">Is a fool who repeats his folly.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.26.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.26.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.26.12"><span class="content">There is more hope for a fool than for him.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.26.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.26.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The sluggard says, &#8220;There is a lion in the road!</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.26.13"><span class="content">A lion is in the open square!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.26.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.26.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">As</span></span><span class="content"> the door turns on its hinges,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.26.14"><span class="content">So </span><span class="it"><span class="content">does</span></span><span class="content"> the sluggard on his bed.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.26.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.26.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.26.15"><span class="content">He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.26.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.26.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.26.16"><span class="content">Than seven men who can give a discreet answer.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.26.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.26.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">Like</span></span><span class="content"> one who takes a dog by the ears</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.26.17"><span class="content">Is he who passes by </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> meddles with strife not belonging to him.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.26.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.26.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Like a madman who throws</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.26.18"><span class="content">Firebrands, arrows and death,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.26.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.26.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So is the man who deceives his neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.26.19"><span class="content">And says, &#8220;Was I not joking?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.26.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.26.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">For lack of wood the fire goes out,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.26.20"><span class="content">And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.26.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.26.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">Like</span></span><span class="content"> charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.26.21"><span class="content">So is a contentious man to kindle strife.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.26.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.26.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.26.22"><span class="content">And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.26.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.26.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">Like</span></span><span class="content"> an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.26.23"><span class="content">Are burning lips and a wicked heart.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.26.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.26.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He who hates disguises </span><span class="it"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content"> with his lips,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.26.24"><span class="content">But he lays up deceit in his heart.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.26.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.26.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When he speaks graciously, do not believe him,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.26.25"><span class="content">For there are seven abominations in his heart.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.26.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.26.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">Though his</span></span><span class="content"> hatred covers itself with guile,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.26.26"><span class="content">His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.26.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.26.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He who digs a pit will fall into it,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.26.27"><span class="content">And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.26.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.26.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A lying tongue hates those it crushes,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.26.28"><span class="content">And a flattering mouth works ruin.</span></span></div>
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Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest,
So honor is not fitting for a fool.
Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
So a curse without cause does not alight.
A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
And a rod for the back of fools.
Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
Or you will also be like him.
Answer a fool as his folly deserves,
That he not be wise in his own eyes.
He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence
Who sends a message by the hand of a fool.
Like the legs which are useless to the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Like one who binds a stone in a sling,
So is he who gives honor to a fool.
Like a thorn which falls into the hand of a drunkard,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Like an archer who wounds everyone,
So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.
Like a dog that returns to its vomit
Is a fool who repeats his folly.
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
A lion is in the open square!”
As the door turns on its hinges,
So does the sluggard on his bed.
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again.
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can give a discreet answer.
Like one who takes a dog by the ears
Is he who passes by and meddles with strife not belonging to him.
Like a madman who throws
Firebrands, arrows and death,
So is the man who deceives his neighbor,
And says, “Was I not joking?”
For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross
Are burning lips and a wicked heart.
He who hates disguises it with his lips,
But he lays up deceit in his heart.
When he speaks graciously, do not believe him,
For there are seven abominations in his heart.
Though his hatred covers itself with guile,
His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.
He who digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
And a flattering mouth works ruin.

استمع إلى Proverbs 26