Proverbs 26
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1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour [is] not comely for a fool.
2As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.
3A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
4Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him — even thou.
5Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
6He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.
7Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.
8As one who is binding a stone in a sling, So [is] he who is giving honour to a fool.
9A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.
10Great [is] the Former of all, And He is rewarding a fool, And is rewarding transgressors.
11As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.
12Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!
13The slothful hath said, ‘A lion [is] in the way, A lion [is] in the broad places.’
14The door turneth round on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed.
15The slothful hath hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth.
16Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven [men] returning a reason.
17Laying hold on the ears of a dog, [Is] a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.
18As [one] pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,
19So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, ‘Am not I playing?’
20Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,
21Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.
22The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.
23Silver of dross spread over potsherd, [Are] burning lips and an evil heart.
24By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit,
25When his voice is gracious trust not in him, For seven abominations [are] in his heart.
26Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly.
27Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.
28A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!
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Proverbs 26
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Proverbs 26
1¶ As snow in summer and as rain in harvest, so honour is not suited for a fool.
2¶ As the sparrow in its wandering, as the swallow in its flight, so the curse causeless shall never come.
3¶ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
4¶ Never answer a fool according to his folly lest thou also be like unto him.
5Answer the fool showing him his folly lest he be wise in his own conceit.
6¶ He that gives responsibility to one who is not able to carry it out is like him that sends a message by the hand of a fool, and he shall drink the damage.
7Like unto the way that the one who is lame walks, so is a proverb in the mouth of the fool.
8As he that binds the stone in the sling, so is he that gives honour to a fool.
9 As thorns sunk into the hand of one who is drunk, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10¶ The great God that formed all things rewards both the fool and transgressors.
11¶ As a dog returns to his vomit, so the fool returns to his folly.
12¶ Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
13¶ The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
14¶ As the door turns upon his hinges, so does the slothful upon his bed.
15¶ The slothful hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it again to his mouth.
16¶ The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can give him counsel.
17¶ He that passes by and meddles with strife not belonging to him is like one that takes a dog by the ears.
18¶ As a mad man who casts firebrands, arrows, and death,
19so is the man that destroys his friend and says, Am I not in sport?
20¶ Where there is no wood, the fire goes out, so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases.
21Charcoal for burning coals and wood for fire, and a contentious man to kindle strife.
22The words of a talebearer seem smooth, but they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
23¶ Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
24¶ He that hates dissembles with his lips and lays up deceit within him;
25when he speaks fair, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
26Even though his hatred is covered up in the desert, his wickedness shall be showed before the whole congregation.
27¶ Whosoever digs a pit shall fall therein, and he that rolls a stone, it will return upon him.
28¶ A lying tongue hates those that are afflicted by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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