Proverbs 26
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1Praise for a fool is out of place, like snow in summer or rain at harvest time.
2Curses cannot hurt you unless you deserve them. They are like birds that fly by and never settle.
3You have to whip a horse, you have to bridle a donkey, and you have to beat a fool.
4If you answer a silly question, you are just as silly as the person who asked it.
5Give a silly answer to a silly question, and the one who asked it will realize that he's not as clever as he thinks.
6If you let a fool deliver a message, you might as well cut off your own feet; you are asking for trouble.
7A fool can use a proverb about as well as crippled people can use their legs.
8Praising someone who is stupid makes as much sense as tying a stone in a sling.
9A fool quoting a wise saying reminds you of a drunk trying to pick a thorn out of his hand.
10An employer who hires any fool that comes along is only hurting everybody concerned.#26.10 Verse 10 in Hebrew is unclear.
11A fool doing some stupid thing a second time is like a dog going back to its vomit.
12The most stupid fool is better off than someone who thinks he is wise when he is not.
13Why don't lazy people ever get out of the house? What are they afraid of? Lions?
14Lazy people turn over in bed. They get no farther than a door swinging on its hinges.
15Some people are too lazy to put food in their own mouths.
16A lazy person will think he is more intelligent than seven people who can give good reasons for their opinions.
17Getting involved in an argument that is none of your business is like going down the street and grabbing a dog by the ears.
18-19Someone who misleads someone else and then claims that he was only joking is like a mad person playing with a deadly weapon.
20Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, quarrelling stops.
21Charcoal keeps the embers glowing, wood keeps the fire burning, and troublemakers keep arguments alive.
22Gossip is so tasty! How we love to swallow it!
23Insincere#26.23 One ancient translation Insincere; Hebrew Burning. talk that hides what you are really thinking is like a fine glaze#26.23 Probable text fine glaze; Hebrew unrefined silver. on a cheap clay pot.
24A hypocrite hides hatred behind flattering words. 25They may sound fine, but don't believe him, because his heart is filled to the brim with hate. 26He may disguise his hatred, but everyone will see the evil things he does.
27People who set traps for others get caught themselves. People who start landslides get crushed.
28You have to hate someone to want to hurt him with lies. Insincere talk brings nothing but ruin.
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Good News Bible with Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha. Scripture taken from the Good News Bible (r) (Today's English Version Second Edition, UK/British Edition). Copyright © 1992 British & Foreign Bible Society. Used by permission.
Proverbs 26
26
1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,
so honor is not seemly for a fool.
2#Nu 23:8; 2Sa 16:12 As the bird by flitting, as the swallow by flying,
so the curse without cause will not alight.
3#Ps 32:9; Pr 10:13 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
and a rod for the fool’s back.
4Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
lest you also be like unto him.
5#Pr 28:11; Mt 16:1–4 Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be wise in his own conceit.
6#Pr 10:26 He who sends a message by the hand of a fool
cuts off the feet and drinks violence.
7#Pr 26:9 The legs of the lame are not equal;
so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
8#Pr 26:1 As he who binds a stone in a sling,
so is he who gives honor to a fool.
9#Pr 23:35 As a thorn goes into the hand of a drunkard,
so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
10The great God who formed all things
rewards the fool and rewards the transgressor.
11#Ex 8:15; 2Pe 2:22 As a dog returns to its vomit,
so a fool returns to his folly.
12#Pr 29:20; Mt 21:31; Pr 26:5 Do you see a man wise in his own conceit?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13#Pr 22:13 The slothful man says, “There is a lion in the way!
A lion is in the streets!”
14As the door turns upon his hinges,
so does the slothful upon his bed.
15#Pr 19:24 The slothful buries his hand in his bowl;
it grieves him to bring it again to his mouth.
16#Pr 26:12 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit
than seven men who can answer reasonably.
17He who passes by and meddles with strife not belonging to him
is like one who takes a dog by the ears.
18As a madman who casts
firebrands, arrows, and death,
19#Eph 5:4 so is the man who deceives his neighbor,
and says, “I was only joking.”
20#Pr 22:10; 16:28 Where there is no wood, the fire goes out;
so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases.
21#Pr 15:18; 29:22 As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire,
so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
22#Pr 18:8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds,
and go down into the innermost parts of the body.
23Burning lips and a wicked heart
are like earthenware covered with silver dross.
24#Pr 12:20 He who hates dissembles with his lips,
and lays up deceit within him;
25#Ps 28:3 when he speaks kindly, do not believe him,
for there are seven abominations in his heart;
26though his hatred is covered by deceit,
his wickedness will be shown before the whole congregation.
27#Pr 28:10; Est 7:10 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
and he who rolls a stone, it will return upon him.
28#Pr 29:5 A lying tongue hates those who are afflicted by it,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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