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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1 Like snow in the summer and like rain at the harvest,
so honor is not fitting for a fool.
2Like the sparrow is to fluttering and like the swallow is to flying,
so an undeserved curse does not go forth.
3A whip 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
lest you become like him—even you.
5Answer a fool according to his folly,
or else he will be wise in his own eyes.
6Like cutting off feet or drinking violence,
so is he who sends messages in the hand of a fool.
7Like legs that hang limp from a lame person,
so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8Like binding a stone in a sling,
so is giving honor to a fool.
9Like a thorn that goes up in the hand of a drunkard,
so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10Like an archer who wounds everyone,
so is he who hires a fool or he who hires passersby.
11Like a dog returning to his vomit
is a fool reverting to his folly.
12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13A lazy person says “A lion is in the road!
A lion among the streets!”
14The door turns on its hinge,
and a lazy person on his bed.
15A lazy person buries his hands in the dish;
he is too tired to return it to his mouth.
16A lazy person is wiser in his eyes
than seven who answer discreetly.
17Grabbing onto the ears of a dog
passing by is one who meddles in a quarrel that is not his own.
18Like a maniac who shoots
firebrands, arrows, and death,
19so is a man who deceives his neighbor,
but says “Am I not joking?”
20For lack of wood, a fire goes out,
and where there is no whisperer, quarreling will cease.
21As charcoal is to hot embers and wood is to fire,
so a man of quarrels is to kindling strife.
22The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels,
and they go down to the inner parts of the body.
23Like impure silver#Literally “silver of impurities” which overlays an earthen vessel,
so are smooth lips and an evil heart#Or “mind”.
24On his lips, an enemy will pretend,
but inside#Literally “in his midst” he will harbor deceit.
25When he makes his voice gracious, do not believe him,
for seven abominations are in his heart.
26Though hatred is covered with guile,
its evil will be exposed in the assembly.
27He who digs a pit, in it he will fall,
and he who rolls a stone, on him it will come back.
28A tongue of deceit hates its victim,
and a flattering mouth makes ruin.
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