Prov-26
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v1
Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
v2
Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight.
v3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
v4
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.
v5
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
v6
Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
v7
Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
v8
Like one who binds the stone in the sling is one who gives honor to a fool.
v9
Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
v10
Like an archer who wounds everyone is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.
v11
Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.
v12
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
v13
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!“
v14
As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.
v15
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
v16
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.
v17
Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.
v18
Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death
v19
is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I am only joking!“
v20
For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
v21
As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
v22
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
v23
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are fervent lips with an evil heart.
v24
Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;
v25
when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart;
v26
though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
v27
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.
v28
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.