Proverbs 26

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1 - Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool.
2 - Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
3 - A whip for the horse, a halter for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
4 - Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.
5 - Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.
6 - Like cutting off one's feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
7 - Like a lame man's legs that hang limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
8 - Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
9 - Like a thornbush in a drunkard's hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
10 - Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or any passer-by.
11 - As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
12 - Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13 - The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!"
14 - As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
15 - The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16 - The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
17 - Like one who seizes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18 - Like a madman shooting firebrands or deadly arrows
19 - is a man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I was only joking!"
20 - Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.
21 - As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22 - The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man's inmost parts.
23 - Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.
24 - A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but in his heart he harbors deceit.
25 - Though his speech is charming, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.
26 - His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27 - If a man digs a pit, he will fall into it; if a man rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.
28 - A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

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Proverbs 26 NIV - English Bible Online

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