chapter_Proverbs_26
Proverbs 26:1: As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour is not comely for a fool. Proverbs 26:2: As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come. Proverbs 26:3: A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools. Proverbs 26:4: Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him &#8212; even thou. Proverbs 26:5: Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes. Proverbs 26:6: He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool. Proverbs 26:7: Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools. Proverbs 26:8: As one who is binding a stone in a sling, So is he who is giving honour to a fool. Proverbs 26:9: A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools. Proverbs 26:10: Great is the Former of all, And He is rewarding a fool, And is rewarding transgressors. Proverbs 26:11: As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly. Proverbs 26:12: Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him! Proverbs 26:13: The slothful hath said, 'A lion is in the way, A lion is in the broad places.' Proverbs 26:14: The door turneth round on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed. Proverbs 26:15: The slothful hath hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth. Proverbs 26:16: Wiser is the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven men returning a reason. Proverbs 26:17: Laying hold on the ears of a dog, Is a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own. Proverbs 26:18: As one pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death, Proverbs 26:19: So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, 'Am not I playing?' Proverbs 26:20: Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth, Proverbs 26:21: Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife. Proverbs 26:22: The words of a tale-bearer are as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart. Proverbs 26:23: Silver of dross spread over potsherd, Are burning lips and an evil heart. Proverbs 26:24: By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit, Proverbs 26:25: When his voice is gracious trust not in him, For seven abominations are in his heart. Proverbs 26:26: Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly. Proverbs 26:27: Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth. Proverbs 26:28: A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!
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