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 Pro 26:1 |
Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest, So honor is not fitting for a fool. |
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Pro 26:2 |
Like a sparrow in its [fn]flitting, like a swallow in its flying, So a curse without cause does not [fn]alight. |
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Pro 26:3 |
A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the back of fools. |
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Pro 26:4 |
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him. |
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Pro 26:5 |
Answer a fool as his folly deserves, That he not be wise in his own eyes. |
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Pro 26:6 |
He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence Who sends a message by the hand of a fool. |
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Pro 26:7 |
Like the legs which [fn]are useless to the lame, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools. |
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Pro 26:8 |
Like [fn]one who binds a stone in a sling, So is he who gives honor to a fool. |
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Pro 26:9 |
Like a thorn which [fn]falls into the hand of a drunkard, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools. |
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Pro 26:10 |
[fn]Like an archer who wounds everyone, So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by. |
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Pro 26:11 |
Like a dog that returns to its vomit Is a fool who repeats [fn]his folly. |
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Pro 26:12 |
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. |
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Pro 26:13 |
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A lion is [fn]in the open square!" |
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Pro 26:14 |
As the door turns on its hinges, So does the sluggard on his bed. |
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Pro 26:15 |
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again. |
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Pro 26:16 |
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who can [fn]give a discreet answer. |
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Pro 26:17 |
Like one who takes a dog by the ears Is he who passes by and [fn]meddles with strife not belonging to him. |
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Pro 26:18 |
Like a madman who throws Firebrands, arrows and death, |
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Pro 26:19 |
So is the man who deceives his neighbor, And says, "Was I not joking?" |
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Pro 26:20 |
For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down. |
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Pro 26:21 |
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife. |
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Pro 26:22 |
The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the [fn]innermost parts of the body. |
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Pro 26:23 |
Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross Are burning lips and a wicked heart. |
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Pro 26:24 |
He who hates disguises it with his lips, But he lays up deceit in his [fn]heart. |
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Pro 26:25 |
When [fn]he speaks graciously, do not believe him, For there are seven abominations in his heart. |
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Pro 26:26 |
Though his hatred covers itself with guile, His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly. |
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Pro 26:27 |
He who digs a pit will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him. |
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Pro 26:28 |
A lying tongue hates [fn]those it crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin. |
NASB Footnotes:
- (26:2) Literally: wandering
- (26:2) Literally: come
- (26:7) Literally: hang down from
- (26:8) Literally: the binding of
- (26:9) Literally: goes up
- (26:10) Or, A master workman produces all things, But he who hires a fool is like one who hires those who pass by
- (26:11) Literally: with his
- (26:13) Literally: within
- (26:16) Literally: return discreetly
- (26:17) Literally: infuriates himself
- (26:22) Literally: chambers of the belly
- (26:24) Literally: inward part
- (26:25) Literally: his voice is gracious
- (26:28) Literally: its crushed ones
