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Proverbs, Chapter 26

¹ So honor is not fitting for a fool.	1 Sa1 12:17 Pro 17:7
² Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest,	2 Pro 27:8 Isa 16:2 Num 23:8 Deu 23:5 Sa2 16:12
² Like a sparrow in its^a Lit wanderingflitting, like a swallow in its flying, So a curse without cause does not^b Lit comealight.
³ A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the back of fools.	3 Psa 32:9 Pro 10:13 Pro 19:29
⁴ Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him.	4 Pro 23:9 Pro 29:9 Isa 36:21 Mat 7:6
⁵ Answer a fool as his folly deserves, That he not be wise in his own eyes.	5 Mat 16:1-4 Mat 21:24-27 Pro 3:7 Pro 28:11 Rom 12:16
⁶ He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence Who sends a message by the hand of a fool.
⁷ Like the legs which^c Lit hang down fromare useless to the lame, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
⁸ Like^d Lit the binding ofone who binds a stone in a sling, So is he who gives honor to a fool.
⁹ Like a thorn which^e Lit goes upfalls into the hand of a drunkard, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
¹⁰ ^fLike an archer who wounds everyone, So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.
¹¹ Like a dog that returns to its vomit Is a fool who repeats^g Lit with hishis folly.	11 Pe2 2:22 Exo 8:15
¹² Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.	12 Pro 3:7 Pro 26:5 Pro 29:20
¹³ The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A lion is^h Lit withinin the open square!”	13 Pro 22:13
¹⁴ As the door turns on its hinges, So does the sluggard on his bed.	14 Pro 6:9
¹⁵ The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again.	15 Pro 19:24
¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who canⁱ Lit return discreetlygive a discreet answer.	16 Pro 27:11
¹⁷ Like one who takes a dog by the ears Is he who passes by and^j Lit infuriates himselfmeddles with strife not belonging to him.	17 Pro 3:30
¹⁸ Like a madman who throws Firebrands, arrows and death,	18 Isa 50:11
¹⁹ So is the man who deceives his neighbor, And says, “Was I not joking?”	19 Pro 24:28 Eph 5:4
²⁰ For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.	20 Pro 16:28 Pro 22:10
²¹ Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.	21 Pro 15:18 Pro 29:22
²² The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the^k Lit chambers of the bellyinnermost parts of the body.	22 Pro 18:8
²³ Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross Are burning lips and a wicked heart.	23 Mat 23:27 Luk 11:39 Pro 25:4
²⁴ He who hates disguises it with his lips, But he lays up deceit in his^l Lit inward partheart.	24 Psa 41:6 Pro 10:18 Pro 12:20
²⁵ When^m Lit his voice is gracioushe speaks graciously, do not believe him, For there are seven abominations in his heart.	25 Psa 28:3 Pro 26:23 Jer 9:8
²⁶ Though his hatred covers itself with guile, His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.	26 Mat 23:28 Luk 8:17
²⁷ He who digs a pit will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.	27 Est 7:10 Pro 28:10
²⁸ A lying tongue hatesⁿ Lit its crushed onesthose it crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin.	28 Pro 29:5


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