Proverbs 26
26
Similitudes, Instructions
1Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest,
So honor is not fitting for a fool.
2Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
So a curse without cause does not alight.
3A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
And a rod for the back of fools.
4Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
Or you will also be like him.
5Answer a fool as his folly deserves,
That he not be wise in his own eyes.
6He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence
Who sends a message by the hand of a fool.
7 Like the legs which are useless to the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8Like one who binds a stone in a sling,
So is he who gives honor to a fool.
9 Like a thorn which falls into the hand of a drunkard,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10 Like an archer who wounds everyone,
So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.
11Like a dog that returns to its vomit
Is a fool who repeats his folly.
12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
A lion is in the open square!”
14 As the door turns on its hinges,
So does the sluggard on his bed.
15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again.
16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can give a discreet answer.
17 Like one who takes a dog by the ears
Is he who passes by and meddles with strife not belonging to him.
18Like a madman who throws
Firebrands, arrows and death,
19So is the man who deceives his neighbor,
And says, “Was I not joking?”
20For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.
21 Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
22The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
23 Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross
Are burning lips and a wicked heart.
24He who hates disguises it with his lips,
But he lays up deceit in his heart.
25When he speaks graciously, do not believe him,
For there are seven abominations in his heart.
26 Though his hatred covers itself with guile,
His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.
27He who digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
28A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
And a flattering mouth works ruin.
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Mishle 26
26
1As sheleg (snow) in kayitz (summer), and as matar (rain) at katzir (harvest), so kavod is not fitting for a kesil (fool).
2As the tzippor in its fluttering, as the swallow in its flying, so the kelelah (curse) without cause shall not alight.
3A shot (whip) for the sus, a bridle for the chamor, and a shevet for the back of kesilim.
4Answer not a kesil (fool) according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
5Answer a kesil (fool) according to his folly, lest he be chacham in his own eyes.
6He that sendeth a message by the yad of a kesil (fool) cutteth off the raglayim, and drinketh chamas.
7The legs of the pisei'ach (lame man) hang limp; so is a mashal in the peh (mouth) of kesilim.
8As he that bindeth an even (stone) in a sling, so is he that giveth kavod to a kesil (fool).
9As a thornbush goeth up into the yad of a shikkor, so is a mashal in the peh (mouth) of kesilim.
10Like an archer wounding all, so is he that hireth the kesil (fool), or hireth the passerby.
11As a kelev returneth to his vomit, so a kesil (fool) returneth to his folly.
12Seest thou an ish chacham in his own eyes? There is more tikvah (hope) for a kesil (fool) than for him.
13The atzel (sluggard, lazy one) saith, There is a lion in the derech; an ari is in the rechovot.
14As the delet (door) turneth upon its hinges, so doth the atzel (sluggard, lazy one) upon his mittah (bed).
15The atzel (sluggard, lazy one) hideth his yad in his dish; itʼs too tiring to bring it back to his peh (mouth) again.
16The atzel (sluggard, lazy one) is chacham in his own eyes, more than seven that give an excellent answer.
17He that passeth by, and meddleth in a quarrel that doth not belong to him, is like one that taketh a kelev by the oznayim.
18As a mad man who shooteth firebrands, khitzim (arrows), and mavet,
19So is the ish that deceiveth his re'a, and saith, Am I not just having a laugh?
20Where no wood is, there the eish goeth out; so where there is no nirgan (gossip, slanderer, talebearer), the strife dieth down.
21As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to eish; so is a contentious ish to kindle strife.
22The devarim of a nirgan (gossip, slanderer, talebearer) are like tasty morsels, and they go down into the innermost chambers of the beten.
23Fervent sfatayim (lips) and a lev rah are like earthenware covered with silver dross.
24He that hateth disguises it with his sfatayim (lips), and within harboreth mirmah (deceit);
25When he speaketh fair, believe him not; for there are sheva to'avot in his lev.
26Whose hatred is covered by guile, yet his wickedness shall be exposed before the whole kahal.
27He who diggeth a shachat (pit) shall fall therein, and he that rolleth an even (stone), it will roll back upon him.
28A lashon sheker hateth those that are crushed by it; and a flattering peh (mouth) worketh ruin.
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