◄ Proverbs 26 ►
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1[an error occurred while processing this directive]1Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
2[an error occurred while processing this directive]2Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight.
3[an error occurred while processing this directive]3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
4[an error occurred while processing this directive]4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.
5[an error occurred while processing this directive]5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
6[an error occurred while processing this directive]6Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
7[an error occurred while processing this directive]7Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8[an error occurred while processing this directive]8Like one who binds the stone in the sling is one who gives honor to a fool.
9[an error occurred while processing this directive]9Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10[an error occurred while processing this directive]10Like an archer who wounds everyone is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.
11[an error occurred while processing this directive]11Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.
12[an error occurred while processing this directive]12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13[an error occurred while processing this directive]13The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!”
14[an error occurred while processing this directive]14As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.
15[an error occurred while processing this directive]15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
16[an error occurred while processing this directive]16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.
17[an error occurred while processing this directive]17Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.
18[an error occurred while processing this directive]18Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death
19[an error occurred while processing this directive]19is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I am only joking!”
20[an error occurred while processing this directive]20For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
21[an error occurred while processing this directive]21As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22[an error occurred while processing this directive]22The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
23[an error occurred while processing this directive]23Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are fervent lips with an evil heart.
24[an error occurred while processing this directive]24Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;
25[an error occurred while processing this directive]25when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart;
26[an error occurred while processing this directive]26though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27[an error occurred while processing this directive]27Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.
28[an error occurred while processing this directive]28A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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