Thematic Bible
Proverbs 26:1 (show verse)
honor is inappropriate for a fool.
Proverbs 26:2 (show verse)
an undeserved curse goes nowhere.
Proverbs 26:3 (show verse)
and a rod for the backs of fools.
Proverbs 26:4 (show verse)
or you’ll be like him yourself.
Proverbs 26:5 (show verse)
or he’ll become wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 26:6 (show verse)
cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
Proverbs 26:7 (show verse)
is like lame legs that hang limp.
Proverbs 26:8 (show verse)
is like binding a stone in a sling.
Proverbs 26:9 (show verse)
is like a stick with thorns,
brandished by
Proverbs 26:10 (show verse)
is like an archer who wounds everyone.
Proverbs 26:11 (show verse)
so a fool repeats his foolishness.
Proverbs 26:12 (show verse)
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 26:13 (show verse)
a lion in the public square!”
Proverbs 26:14 (show verse)
and a slacker, on his bed.
Proverbs 26:15 (show verse)
he is too weary to bring it to his mouth.
Proverbs 26:16 (show verse)
than seven men who can answer sensibly.
Proverbs 26:17 (show verse)
is like one who grabs a dog by the ears.
Proverbs 26:18 (show verse)
Proverbs 26:19 (show verse)
and says, “I was only joking!”
Proverbs 26:20 (show verse)
without a gossip, conflict dies down.
Proverbs 26:21 (show verse)
so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Proverbs 26:22 (show verse)
that goes down to one’s innermost being.
Proverbs 26:23 (show verse)
are like glaze on an earthen vessel.
Proverbs 26:24 (show verse)
and harbors deceit within.
Proverbs 26:25 (show verse)
for there are seven abominations in his heart.
Proverbs 26:26 (show verse)
his evil will be revealed in the assembly.
Proverbs 26:27 (show verse)
and whoever rolls a stone—
it will come back on him.
Proverbs 26:28 (show verse)
and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
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