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Proverbs 26
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Proverbs 26


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Like snow in summer and rain at harvest,(A)
honor is inappropriate for a fool.(B)
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2
Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow,(C)
an undeserved curse goes nowhere.(D)
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3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,(E)
and a rod for the backs of fools.(F)
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4
Don’t answer a fool according to his foolishness(G)
or you’ll be like him yourself.
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Answer a fool according to his foolishness(H)
or he’ll become wise in his own eyes.(I)
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The one who sends a message by a fool’s hand(J)
cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.(K)
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7
A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is like lame legs that hang limp.
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8
Giving honor to a fool
is like binding a stone in a sling.(a)
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9
A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is like a stick with thorns,
brandished by(b) the hand of a drunkard.
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The one who hires a fool or who hires those passing by
is like an archer who wounds everyone.
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11
As a dog returns to its vomit,
so a fool repeats his foolishness.(L)
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12
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?(M)
There is more hope for a fool than for him.(N)
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13
The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road—
a lion in the public square!”(O)
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14
A door turns on its hinges,
and a slacker, on his bed.(P)
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15
The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;
he is too weary to bring it to his mouth.(Q)
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In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser(R)
than seven men who can answer sensibly.
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A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not his
is like one who grabs a dog by the ears.
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18
Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,(S)
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19
so is the man who deceives his neighbor
and says, “I was only joking!”
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Without wood, fire goes out;
without a gossip, conflict dies down.(T)
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21
As charcoal for embers and wood for fire,
so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.(U)
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22
A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.(c)(V)
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23
Smooth(d) lips with an evil heart
are like glaze on an earthen vessel.(W)
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24
A hateful person disguises himself with his speech
and harbors deceit within.
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25
When he speaks graciously, don’t believe him,
for there are seven abominations in his heart.(X)
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26
Though his hatred is concealed by deception,
his evil will be revealed in the assembly.
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The one who digs a pit will fall into it,
and whoever rolls a stone—
it will come back on him.(Y)
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A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
and a flattering mouth causes ruin.


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Footnotes:

a. Proverbs 26:8: A stone bound in a sling would not release and could harm the person using the sling. A modern equivalent is jamming a cork in a gun barrel.
b. Proverbs 26:9: Lit thorn that goes up into
c. Proverbs 26:22: Lit to the chambers of the belly
d. Proverbs 26:23: LXX; MT reads Burning

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