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1 LIKE snow in summer and like rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool. |
2 Like sparrows wandering and like birds flying in the air, so the curse that is causeless shall be driven away. |
3 A whip for the horse, a goad for the ass, and a rod for the back of a fool. |
4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be also like him. |
5 But answer a fool according to your wisdom, lest he think in himself that he is wise. |
6 He who sends a message by the hand of a fool drinks iniquity from under his own feet. |
7 As a lame man who cannot walk, so is a parable in the mouth of a fool. |
8 Like a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool. |
9 Thorns spring up in the hand of a drunkard, and folly in the mouth of a foot. |
10 The body of a fool is greatly afflicted, and a drunkard thinks that he can cross a sea. |
11 As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool that misbehaves in his folly. |
12 If you should see a man wise in his own eyes, a fool is much better than he. |
13 The sluggard says, when he is sent out, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. |
14 As a door turns upon its hinges, so does the slothful turn on his bed. |
15 The slothful hides his hands in his bosom; it grieves him to bring them again to his mouth. |
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men with good reasoning. |
17 He who meddles with a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a dog by the ears. |
18 Like haughty men who utter words sharp and deadly as arrows, |
19 So is the man who deceives his neighbor; when he is caught, he says, I was merely jesting. |
20 When there is no wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no troublesome person, the strife ceases. |
21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a malicious person to kindle strife. |
22 The words of the malicious stir up trouble; they go down into the innermost parts of the heart. |
23 Like silver dross which sticks to an earthen pot, so are enraged lips and an evil heart. |
24 He who hates is known by his own speech; in his heart he entertains deceit; |
25 Though he speaks in a gentle tone, believe him not; for there are seven abominations in his heart. |
26 He who conceals hatred in his heart, his wickedness shall be revealed in the congregation. |
27 He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and he who rolls a stone, it will return upon him. |
28 A lying tongue hates the truth; and a troublesome mouth stirs up a quarrel. |
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ProverbsChapter 26 |
1 LIKE snow in summer and like rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool. |
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2 Like sparrows wandering and like birds flying in the air, so the curse that is causeless shall be driven away. |
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3 A whip for the horse, a goad for the ass, and a rod for the back of a fool. |
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4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be also like him. |
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5 But answer a fool according to your wisdom, lest he think in himself that he is wise. |
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6 He who sends a message by the hand of a fool drinks iniquity from under his own feet. |
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7 As a lame man who cannot walk, so is a parable in the mouth of a fool. |
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8 Like a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool. |
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9 Thorns spring up in the hand of a drunkard, and folly in the mouth of a foot. |
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10 The body of a fool is greatly afflicted, and a drunkard thinks that he can cross a sea. |
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11 As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool that misbehaves in his folly. |
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12 If you should see a man wise in his own eyes, a fool is much better than he. |
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13 The sluggard says, when he is sent out, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. |
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14 As a door turns upon its hinges, so does the slothful turn on his bed. |
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15 The slothful hides his hands in his bosom; it grieves him to bring them again to his mouth. |
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16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men with good reasoning. |
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17 He who meddles with a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a dog by the ears. |
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18 Like haughty men who utter words sharp and deadly as arrows, |
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19 So is the man who deceives his neighbor; when he is caught, he says, I was merely jesting. |
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20 When there is no wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no troublesome person, the strife ceases. |
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21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a malicious person to kindle strife. |
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22 The words of the malicious stir up trouble; they go down into the innermost parts of the heart. |
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23 Like silver dross which sticks to an earthen pot, so are enraged lips and an evil heart. |
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24 He who hates is known by his own speech; in his heart he entertains deceit; |
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25 Though he speaks in a gentle tone, believe him not; for there are seven abominations in his heart. |
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26 He who conceals hatred in his heart, his wickedness shall be revealed in the congregation. |
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27 He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and he who rolls a stone, it will return upon him. |
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28 A lying tongue hates the truth; and a troublesome mouth stirs up a quarrel. |
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