Proverbs 26
26Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.H7950H7019H4306H7105H3519H5000H36842Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight.H6833H5110H1866H5774H7045H2600H9353A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.H7752H5483H4964H2543H7626H3684H14604Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.H6030H3684H200H77375Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.H6030H3684H200H2450H58696Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.H7971H1697H3027H3684H7096H7272H8354H25557Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.H7785H6455H1809H4912H6310H36848Like one who binds the stone in the sling is one who gives honor to a fool.H6872H6887H68H4773H5414H3519H36849Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.H2336H5927H3027H7910H4912H6310H368410Like an archer who wounds everyone is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.H7227H2342H7936H3684H7936H567411Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.H3611H7725H6892H3684H8138H20012Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.H7200H376H2450H5869H8615H368413The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!"H6102H559H7826H1870H738H733914As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.H1817H5437H6735H6102H429615The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.H6102H2934H3027H6747H3811H7725H631016The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.H6102H2450H5869H7651H7725H294017Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.H5674H5674H7379H2388H3611H24118Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and deathH3856H3384H2131H2671H419419is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I am only joking!"H376H7411H7453H559H783220For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.H657H6086H784H3518H5372H4066H836721As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.H6352H1513H6086H784H4079H4066H376H2787H737922The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.H1697H5372H3859H3381H2315H99023Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are fervent lips with an evil heart.H1814H8193H7451H3820H2789H6823H3701H550924Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;H8130H5234H8193H7896H4820H713025when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart;H6963H2603H539H7651H8441H382026though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.H8135H3680H4860H7451H1540H695127Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.H3738H7845H5307H1556H68H772528A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.H8267H3956H8130H1790H2509H6310H6213H4072