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Proverbs 26

Proverbs 26

Proverbs 26:1 ^
Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.
Proverbs 26:1 ^
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.
Proverbs 26:2 ^
As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.
Proverbs 26:2 ^
As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.
Proverbs 26:3 ^
A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.
Proverbs 26:3 ^
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
Proverbs 26:4 ^
Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.
Proverbs 26:4 ^
Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.
Proverbs 26:5 ^
Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.
Proverbs 26:5 ^
Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Proverbs 26:6 ^
He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.
Proverbs 26:6 ^
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off [his own] feet, [and] drinketh in damage.
Proverbs 26:7 ^
The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.
Proverbs 26:7 ^
The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 26:8 ^
Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.
Proverbs 26:8 ^
As one that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honor to a fool.
Proverbs 26:9 ^
Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.
Proverbs 26:9 ^
[As] a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 26:10 ^
Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.
Proverbs 26:10 ^
[As] an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.
Proverbs 26:11 ^
Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.
Proverbs 26:11 ^
As a dog that returneth to his vomit, [So is] a fool that repeateth his folly.
Proverbs 26:12 ^
Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.
Proverbs 26:12 ^
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
Proverbs 26:13 ^
The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Proverbs 26:13 ^
The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.
Proverbs 26:14 ^
A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed.
Proverbs 26:14 ^
[As] the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.
Proverbs 26:15 ^
The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.
Proverbs 26:15 ^
The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
Proverbs 26:16 ^
The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.
Proverbs 26:16 ^
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.
Proverbs 26:17 ^
He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.
Proverbs 26:17 ^
He that passeth by, [and] vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is [like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Proverbs 26:18 ^
As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,
Proverbs 26:18 ^
As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death,
Proverbs 26:19 ^
So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?
Proverbs 26:19 ^
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?
Proverbs 26:20 ^
Without wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no secret talk, argument is ended.
Proverbs 26:20 ^
For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
Proverbs 26:21 ^
Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.
Proverbs 26:21 ^
[As] coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.
Proverbs 26:22 ^
The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach.
Proverbs 26:22 ^
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.
Proverbs 26:23 ^
Smooth lips and an evil heart are like a vessel of earth plated with silver waste.
Proverbs 26:23 ^
Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are [like] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
Proverbs 26:24 ^
With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;
Proverbs 26:24 ^
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him:
Proverbs 26:25 ^
When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils:
Proverbs 26:25 ^
When he speaketh fair, believe him not; For there are seven abominations in his heart:
Proverbs 26:26 ^
Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people.
Proverbs 26:26 ^
Though [his] hatred cover itself with guile, His wickedness shall be openly showed before the assembly.
Proverbs 26:27 ^
He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.
Proverbs 26:27 ^
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.
Proverbs 26:28 ^
A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.
Proverbs 26:28 ^
A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
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