Proverbs 26:1

All About Fools

¹ Like snow in the summer and like rain at the harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool. ² Like the sparrow [is] to fluttering and like the swallow [is] to flying, so an undeserved curse does not go forth.

Like Snow

Judges 9:7

And they told Jotham, and he went up and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and {he cried out loud} and said to them, "Listen to me, lords of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.

Judges 9:20

But if not, let a fire come out from Abimelech and let it devour the lords of Shechem and Beth-Millo; and let a fire come out from the lords of Shechem, and from Beth-Millo, and let it devour Abimelech."

Judges 9:56-57

So God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech committed against his father by killing his seventy brothers.

1 Samuel 12:17-18

[Is] the wheat harvest not today? I will call out to Yahweh so that he still sends thunder and rain, so that you will know and will see that your wickedness [is] great that you have done in the eyes of Yahweh by asking for a king for yourselves."

Esther 3:1-15

After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and he exalted him and set {his position} above all the officials who [were] with him.

Esther 4:6

So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to the public square of the city, which [was] in front of the gate of the king,

Esther 4:9

And Hathach went [back] and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

Psalm 12:8

[The] wicked prowl about when vileness [is] exalted among [the] children of humankind.

Psalm 15:4

In his eyes a rejected one [is] contemptible, but he honors those who respect Yahweh. He takes an oath to [his own] injury and does not retract it.

Psalm 52:1

Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The loyal love of God [endures] {continually}.

Proverbs 17:7

{Fine speech} [is] not becoming a fool, {still less} [is] {false speech} for a ruler.

Proverbs 19:10

For a fool living in luxury is not fitting, [any] more [than it is] 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 back of fools.

Proverbs 26:8

Like binding a stone in a sling, so [is] giving honor to a fool.

Proverbs 28:16

A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor, [but] those who hate unjust gain will have long days.

Ecclesiastes 10:5-7

There is an evil I have seen under the sun-- [it is] an error that proceeds from a ruler!