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Proverbs 26 (New International Version)

Proverbs 26

1 Like snow in summer or rain
in harvest,
honor is not fitting for a
fool.

2 Like a fluttering sparrow
or a darting swallow,
an undeserved
curse does not come to rest.

3 A whip for the horse, a
halter for the donkey,
and a rod for
the backs of fools!

4 Do not answer a fool
according to his folly,
or you will be
like him yourself.

5 Answer a fool according to
his folly,
or he will be wise in his
own eyes.

6 Like cutting off one's feet
or drinking violence
is the sending of
a message by the hand of a fool.

7 Like a lame man's legs that
hang limp
is a proverb in the mouth of
a fool.

8 Like tying a stone in a
sling
is the giving of honor to a fool.

9 Like a thornbush in a
drunkard's hand
is a proverb in the
mouth of a fool.

10 Like an archer who wounds
at random
is he who hires a fool or any
passer-by.

11 As a dog returns to its
vomit,
so a fool repeats his folly.

12 Do you see a man wise in
his own eyes?
There is more hope for a
fool than for him.

13 The sluggard says, "There
is a lion in the road,
a fierce lion
roaming the streets!"

14 As a door turns on its
hinges,
so a sluggard turns on his bed.

15 The sluggard buries his
hand in the dish;
he is too lazy to
bring it back to his mouth.

16 The sluggard is wiser in
his own eyes
than seven men who answer
discreetly.

17 Like one who seizes a dog
by the ears
is a passer-by who meddles
in a quarrel not his own.

18 Like a madman shooting

firebrands or deadly arrows

19 is a man who deceives his
neighbor
and says, "I was only joking!"

20 Without wood a fire goes
out;
without gossip a quarrel dies
down.

21 As charcoal to embers and
as wood to fire,
so is a quarrelsome
man for kindling strife.

22 The words of a gossip are
like choice morsels;
they go down to a
man's inmost parts.

23 Like a coating of glaze
over
earthenware
are fervent lips with an
evil heart.

24 A malicious man disguises
himself with his lips,
but in his heart
he harbors deceit.

25 Though his speech is
charming, do not believe him,
for seven
abominations fill his heart.

26 His malice may be
concealed by deception,
but his
wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

27 If a man digs a pit, he
will fall into it;
if a man rolls a
stone, it will roll back on him.

28 A lying tongue hates those
it hurts,
and a flattering mouth works
ruin.

Footnotes:

Proverbs
26:23 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text of
silver dross

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