Thematic Bible
Proverbs 26:1 (show verse)
Like snow in the summer and like rain at the harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
Proverbs 26:2 (show verse)
Like the sparrow [is] to fluttering and like the swallow [is] to flying, so an undeserved curse does not go forth.
Proverbs 26:3 (show verse)
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
Proverbs 26:4 (show verse)
Do not answer a fool according to his folly lest you become like him--even you.
Proverbs 26:5 (show verse)
Answer a fool according to his folly, or else he will be wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 26:6 (show verse)
[Like] cutting off feet [or] drinking violence, so [is] he who sends messages in the hand of a fool.
Proverbs 26:7 (show verse)
[Like] legs that hang limp from a lame person, so [is] a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 26:8 (show verse)
Like binding a stone in a sling, so [is] giving honor to a fool.
Proverbs 26:9 (show verse)
[Like] a thorn that goes up in the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 26:10 (show verse)
[Like] an archer who wounds everyone, so [is] he who hires a fool or he who hires passersby.
Proverbs 26:11 (show verse)
Like a dog returning to his vomit [is] a fool reverting to his folly.
Proverbs 26:12 (show verse)
[Do] you see a man wise in his own eyes? [There is more] hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 26:13 (show verse)
A lazy person says "A lion [is] in the road! A lion among the streets!"
Proverbs 26:14 (show verse)
The door turns on its hinge, and a lazy person on his bed.
Proverbs 26:15 (show verse)
A lazy person buries his hands in the dish; he is [too] tired to return it to his mouth.
Proverbs 26:16 (show verse)
A lazy person is wiser in his eyes than seven who answer discreetly.
Proverbs 26:17 (show verse)
Grabbing onto the ears of a dog passing by [is] one who meddles in a quarrel [that is] not his own.
Proverbs 26:18 (show verse)
Like a maniac who shoots firebrands, arrows, and death,
Proverbs 26:19 (show verse)
so [is] a man who deceives his neighbor, but says "Am I not joking?"
Proverbs 26:20 (show verse)
For lack of wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling will cease.
Proverbs 26:21 (show verse)
[As] charcoal [is] to hot embers and wood [is] to fire, so a man of quarrels [is] to kindling strife.
Proverbs 26:22 (show verse)
The words of a whisperer [are] like delicious morsels, and they go down to the inner parts of the body.
Proverbs 26:23 (show verse)
[Like] {impure silver} which overlays an earthen vessel, [so are] smooth lips and an evil heart.
Proverbs 26:24 (show verse)
On his lips, an enemy will pretend, but {inside} he will harbor deceit.
Proverbs 26:25 (show verse)
When he makes his voice gracious, do not believe him, for seven abominations [are] in his heart.
Proverbs 26:26 (show verse)
Though hatred is covered with guile, its evil will be exposed in the assembly.
Proverbs 26:27 (show verse)
He who digs a pit, in it he will fall, and he who rolls a stone, on him it will come back.
Proverbs 26:28 (show verse)
A tongue of deceit hates its victim, and a flattering mouth makes ruin.