Proverbs 26
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Like snow in summer and like (A)rain in harvest,
So honor is not (B)fitting for a fool.
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Like a (C)sparrow in its (a)flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
So a (D)curse without cause does not (b)alight.
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A (E)whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
And a (F)rod for the back of fools.
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(G)Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
Or you will also be like him.
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(H)Answer a fool as his folly deserves,
That he not be (I)wise in his own eyes.
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He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence
Who sends a message by the hand of a fool.
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Like the legs which (c)are useless to the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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Like (d)one who binds a stone in a sling,
So is he who gives honor to a fool.
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Like a thorn which (e)falls into the hand of a drunkard,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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(f)Like an archer who wounds everyone,
So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.
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Like (J)a dog that returns to its vomit
Is a fool who (K)repeats (g)his folly.
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Do you see a man (L)wise in his own eyes?
(M)There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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The (N)sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
A lion is (h)in the open square!”
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As the door turns on its hinges,
So does the (O)sluggard on his bed.
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The (P)sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again.
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The sluggard is (Q)wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can (i)give a discreet answer.
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Like one who takes a dog by the ears
Is he who passes by and (j)meddles with (R)strife not belonging to him.
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Like a madman who throws
(S)Firebrands, arrows and death,
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So is the man who (T)deceives his neighbor,
And says, “(U)Was I not joking?”
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For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no (V)whisperer, (W)contention quiets down.
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Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
So is a (X)contentious man to kindle strife.
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The (Y)words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the (k)innermost parts of the body.
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Like an earthen (Z)vessel overlaid with silver (AA)dross
Are burning lips and a wicked heart.
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He who (AB)hates disguises it with his lips,
But he lays up (AC)deceit in his (l)heart.
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When (m)he (AD)speaks graciously, do not believe him,
For there are seven abominations in his heart.
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Though his hatred (AE)covers itself with guile,
His wickedness will be (AF)revealed before the assembly.
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He who (AG)digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
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A lying tongue hates (n)those it crushes,
And a (AH)flattering mouth works ruin.

Footnotes:

a. Proverbs 26:2: ['Lit ', wandering]
b. Proverbs 26:2: ['Lit ', come]
c. Proverbs 26:7: ['Lit ', hang down from]
d. Proverbs 26:8: ['Lit ', the binding of]
e. Proverbs 26:9: ['Lit ', goes up]
f. Proverbs 26:10: ['Or ', A master, ' workman ', produces all things, But he who hires a fool is, ' like ', one who hires those who pass by]
g. Proverbs 26:11: ['Lit ', with his]
h. Proverbs 26:13: ['Lit ', within]
i. Proverbs 26:16: ['Lit ', return discreetly]
j. Proverbs 26:17: ['Lit ', infuriates himself]
k. Proverbs 26:22: ['Lit ', chambers of the belly]
l. Proverbs 26:24: ['Lit ', inward part]
m. Proverbs 26:25: ['Lit ', his voice is gracious]
n. Proverbs 26:28: ['Lit ', its crushed ones]

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