26LIKE SNOW in summer and like rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a [self-confident] fool.H7950H7019H4306H7105H3519H5000H36842Like the sparrow in her wandering, like the swallow in her flying, so the causeless curse does not alight.H6833H5110H1866H5774H7045H2600H9353A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a [straight, slender] rod for the backs of [self-confident] fools.H7752H5483H4964H2543H7626H3684H14604Answer not a [self-confident] fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.H6030H3684H200H77375Answer a [self-confident] fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes {and} conceit.H6030H3684H200H2450H58696He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet [of satisfactory delivery] and drinks the damage.H7971H1697H3027H3684H7096H7272H8354H25557Like the legs of a lame man which hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of a fool.H7785H6455H1809H4912H6310H36848Like he who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a [self-confident] fool.H6872H6887H68H4773H5414H3519H36849Like a thorn that goes [without being felt] into the hand of a drunken man, so is a proverb in the mouth of a [self-confident] fool.H2336H5927H3027H7910H4912H6310H368410[But] like an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or chance passers-by.H7227H2342H7936H3684H7936H567411As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.H3611H7725H6892H3684H8138H20012Do you see a man wise in his own eyes {and} conceit? There is more hope for a [self-confident] fool than for him.H7200H376H2450H5869H8615H368413The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way! A lion is in the streets!H6102H559H7826H1870H738H733914As the door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy man [move not from his place] upon his bed.H1817H5437H6735H6102H429615The slothful {and} self-indulgent buries his hand in his bosom; it distresses {and} wearies him to bring it again to his mouth.H6102H2934H3027H6747H3811H7725H631016The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes {and} conceit than seven men who can render a reason {and} answer discreetly.H6102H2450H5869H7651H7725H294017He who, passing by, stops to meddle with strife that is none of his business is like one who takes a dog by the ears.H5674H5674H7379H2388H3611H24118Like a madman who casts firebrands, arrows, and death,H3856H3384H2131H2671H419419So is the man who deceives his neighbor and then says, Was I not joking?H376H7411H7453H559H783220For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, contention ceases.H657H6086H784H3518H5372H4066H836721As coals are to hot embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man to inflame strife.H6352H1513H6086H784H4079H4066H376H2787H737922The words of a whisperer {or} slanderer are like dainty morsels {or} words of sport [to some, but to others are like deadly wounds]; and they go down into the innermost parts of the body [or of the victim's nature].H1697H5372H3859H3381H2315H99023Burning lips [uttering insincere words of love] and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel covered with the scum thrown off from molten silver [making it appear to be solid silver].H1814H8193H7451H3820H2789H6823H3701H550924He who hates pretends with his lips, but stores up deceit within himself.H8130H5234H8193H7896H4820H713025When he speaks kindly, do not trust him, for seven abominations are in his heart.H6963H2603H539H7651H8441H382026Though his hatred covers itself with guile, his wickedness shall be shown openly before the assembly.H8135H3680H4860H7451H1540H695127Whoever digs a pit [for another man's feet] shall fall into it himself, and he who rolls a stone [up a height to do mischief], it will return upon him.H3738H7845H5307H1556H68H772528A lying tongue hates those it wounds {and} crushes, and a flattering mouth works ruin.H8267H3956H8130H1790H2509H6310H6213H4072
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