Proverbs, Chapter 26
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As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,So honor is not seemly for a fool.
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As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying,So the curse that is causeless does not come.
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A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,And a rod for the back of fools.
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Do not answer a fool according to his folly,Or else you will also be like him.
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Answer a fool according to his folly,Or else he will be wise in his own eyes.
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He who sends a message by the hand of a foolCuts off [his own] feet, [and] drinks crime.
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[As] the legs hang loose from a cripple:So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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As one who binds a stone in a sling,So is he who gives honor to a fool.
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[As] a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard,So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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[As] an archer that wounds all,So is he who hires a fool and he who hires those who pass by.
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As a dog that returns to his vomit,[So is] a fool that repeats his folly.
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Do you see a man wise in his own conceit?There is more hope of a fool than of him.
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The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way;A lion is in the streets.
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[As] the door turns on its hinges,So does the sluggard on his bed.
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The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;It wearies him to bring it again to his mouth.
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The sluggard is wiser in his own conceitThan seven men who can render a reason.
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He who passes by, [and] is furious with strife not belonging to him,Is [like] one who takes a dog by the ears.
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As a lunatic who casts firebrands,Arrows, and death,
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So is the man who deceives his fellow man,And says, Am I not joking?
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For lack of wood the fire goes out;And where there is no whisperer, contention ceases.
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[As] coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire,So is a contentious man to inflame strife.
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The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,And they go down into the innermost parts.
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Fervent lips and a wicked heartAre [like] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
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He who hates dissembles with his lips;But he lays up deceit inside him:
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When he speaks fair, don't believe him;For there are seven disgusting things in his heart:
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Though [his] hatred covers itself with guile,His wickedness will be openly shown before the assembly.
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Whoever digs a pit will fall in it;And he who rolls a stone, it will return on him.
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A lying tongue hates those whom it has wounded;And a flattering mouth works ruin.