| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor is inappropriate for a fool. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow, an undeserved curse goes nowhere. |
| 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] | 4Don't answer a fool according to his foolishness or you'll be like him yourself. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Answer a fool according to his foolishness or he'll become wise in his own eyes. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6The one who sends a message by a fool's hand cuts off his own feet and drinks violence. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7A proverb in the mouth of a fool is like lame legs that hang limp. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Giving honor to a fool is like binding a stone in a sling. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9A proverb in the mouth of a fool is like a stick with thorns, brandished by the hand of a drunkard. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10The one who hires a fool or who hires those passing by is like an archer who wounds everyone. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness. |
| 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, "There's a lion in the road-- a lion in the public square!" |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14A door turns on its hinges, and a slacker, on his bed. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15The slacker buries his hand in the bowl; he is too weary to bring it to his mouth. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser than seven men who can answer sensibly. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that's not his is like one who grabs a dog by the ears. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Like a madman who throws flaming darts 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, fire goes out; without a gossip, conflict dies down. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21As charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22A gossip's words are like choice food that goes down to one's innermost being. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Smooth lips with an evil heart are like glaze on an earthen vessel. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24A hateful person disguises himself with his speech and harbors deceit within. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25When he speaks graciously, don't believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his evil will be revealed in the assembly. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27The one who digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever rolls a stone-- it will come 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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