As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
in summer
1 Samuel 12:17,18 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call to the LORD, and he shall …
Judges 9:7,20,56,57 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of …
Esther 3:1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha …
Esther 4:6,9 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai to the street of the city, which …
Psalm 12:8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
Psalm 15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honors them that …
Ecclesiastes 10:5-7 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which …
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
so
Numbers 23:8 How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? or how shall I defy, …
Deuteronomy 23:4,5 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when …
1 Samuel 14:28,29 Then answered one of the people, and said, Your father straightly …
1 Samuel 17:43 And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to me …
2 Samuel 16:12 It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the …
Nehemiah 13:2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, …
Psalm 109:28 Let them curse, but bless you: when they arise, let them be ashamed; …
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
Proverbs 10:13 In the lips of him that has understanding wisdom is found: but a …
Proverbs 17:10 A reproof enters more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Proverbs 19:25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that …
Proverbs 27:22 Though you should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, …
Judges 8:5-7 And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread …
Psalm 32:9 Be you not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: …
1 Corinthians 4:21 What will you? shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in …
2 Corinthians 10:6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your …
2 Corinthians 13:2 I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time…
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Proverbs 17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water: therefore …
Judges 12:1-6 And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, …
2 Samuel 19:41-43 And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to …
1 Kings 12:14,16 And spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My …
2 Kings 14:8-10 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son …
1 Peter 2:21-23 For even hereunto were you called: because Christ also suffered for …
1 Peter 3:9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise …
Jude 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed …
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
fool
1 Kings 22:24-28 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on …
Jeremiah 36:17,18 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did you write all …
Matthew 15:1-3 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying…
Matthew 16:1-4 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired …
Matthew 21:23-27 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders …
Matthew 22:15-32 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle …
Luke 12:31-21 But rather seek you the kingdom of God; and all these things shall …
Luke 13:23-30 Then said one to him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said to them…
John 8:7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said …
John 9:26-33 Then said they to him again, What did he to you? how opened he your eyes…
Titus 1:13 This witness is true. Why rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound …
lest
Proverbs 26:12 See you a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Proverbs 28:11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that has understanding …
Romans 11:25 For I would not, brothers, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, …
conceit
Isaiah 5:21 Woe to them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Romans 12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but …
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
seest
Proverbs 22:29 See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; …
Proverbs 29:20 See you a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a …
Matthew 21:31 Whether of them two did the will of his father? They say to him, …
Luke 7:44 And he turned to the woman, and said to Simon, See you this woman? …
a man
Proverbs 26:5,16 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit…
Proverbs 28:11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that has understanding …
Proverbs 29:20 See you a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a …
Matthew 21:31 Whether of them two did the will of his father? They say to him, …
Luke 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you, …
Romans 12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but …
1 Corinthians 3:18,19 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise …
2 Corinthians 8:1,2 Moreover, brothers, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed …
Revelation 3:17 Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need …
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
firebrands is flames or sparks
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
that is ardent professions of friendship from a wicked heart, however smooth shining and splendid they may appear, are like a vile vessel covered over with base metal
Proverbs 10:18 He that hides hatred with lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.
2 Samuel 20:9,10 And Joab said to Amasa, Are you in health, my brother? And Joab took …
Ezekiel 33:31 And they come to you as the people comes, and they sit before you …
Luke 22:47,48 And while he yet spoke, behold a multitude, and he that was called …
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
lying or he that injures another hates him in proportion to the injury and in proportion to the innocence of the injured.
John 8:40,44-49 But now you seek to kill me, a man that has told you the truth, which …
John 10:32,33 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from my Father; …
John 15:22-24 If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin: but now …
a flattering
Proverbs 6:24 To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue …
Proverbs 7:5,21-23 That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger …
Proverbs 29:5 A man that flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
Luke 20:20,21 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves …
