Proverbs 26:1

All About Fools

¹ Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest,
So honor is not fitting for a [shortsighted] fool.
²
Like the sparrow in her wandering, like the swallow in her flying,
So the curse without cause does not come and alight [on the undeserving].

Like Snow

Judges 9:7

When they told Jotham, he went and stood at the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted to them, “Hear me, O men of Shechem, so that God may hear you.

Judges 9:20

But if not, may fire come out from Abimelech and devour the people of Shechem and Beth-millo; and may fire come out from the people of Shechem and Beth-millo, and devour Abimelech.”

Judges 9:56-57

In this way God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father [Jerubbaal] by killing his seventy brothers.

1 Samuel 12:17-18

Is it not [the beginning of the] wheat harvest today? I will call to the Lord and He will send thunder and rain; then you will know [without any doubt], and see that your evil which you have done is great in the sight of the Lord by asking for yourselves a king.”

Esther 3:1-15

After these things King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) promoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him and established his authority over all the officials who were with him.

Esther 4:6

So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the [open] square of the city, which was in front of the king’s gate.

Esther 4:9

Hathach came back and told Esther what Mordecai had said.

Psalm 12:8

The wicked strut about [in pompous self-importance] on every side,
As vileness is exalted and baseness is prized among the sons of men.

Psalm 15:4

In his eyes an evil person is despised,
But he honors those who fear the Lord [and obediently worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder].
He keeps his word even to his own disadvantage and does not change it [for his own benefit];

Psalm 52:1

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

Proverbs 17:7

Excellent speech does not benefit a fool [who is spiritually blind],
Much less do lying lips benefit a prince.

Proverbs 19:10

Luxury is not fitting for a fool;
Much less for a slave to rule over princes.

Proverbs 26:3

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
And a rod for the backs of fools [who refuse to learn].

Proverbs 26:8

Like one who [absurdly] binds a stone in a sling [making it impossible to throw],
So is he who [absurdly] gives honor to a fool.

Proverbs 28:16

A leader who is a great oppressor lacks understanding and common sense [and his wickedness shortens his days],
But he who hates unjust gain will [be blessed and] prolong his days.

Ecclesiastes 10:5-7

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceeds from the ruler—