◄ Proverbs 26 ►
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1[an error occurred while processing this directive]1Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
2[an error occurred while processing this directive]2Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
3[an error occurred while processing this directive]3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
4[an error occurred while processing this directive]4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
5[an error occurred while processing this directive]5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
6[an error occurred while processing this directive]6Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
7[an error occurred while processing this directive]7Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
8[an error occurred while processing this directive]8Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
9[an error occurred while processing this directive]9Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
10[an error occurred while processing this directive]10Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.
11[an error occurred while processing this directive]11As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool 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 slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
14[an error occurred while processing this directive]14As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
15[an error occurred while processing this directive]15The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
16[an error occurred while processing this directive]16The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
17[an error occurred while processing this directive]17Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18[an error occurred while processing this directive]18Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
19[an error occurred while processing this directive]19so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
20[an error occurred while processing this directive]20Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
21[an error occurred while processing this directive]21Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22[an error occurred while processing this directive]22The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
23[an error occurred while processing this directive]23Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
24[an error occurred while processing this directive]24A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
25[an error occurred while processing this directive]25When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.
26[an error occurred while processing this directive]26Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27[an error occurred while processing this directive]27He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
28[an error occurred while processing this directive]28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
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