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Proverbs 26
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26Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor is inappropriate for a fool.H7950H7019H4306H7105H3519H5000H3684
2Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow, an undeserved curse goes nowhere.H6833H5110H1866H5774H7045H2600H935
3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools.H7752H5483H4964H2543H7626H3684H1460
4Don't answer a fool according to his foolishness, or you'll be like him yourself.H6030H3684H200H7737
5Answer a fool according to his foolishness, or he'll become wise in his own eyes.H6030H3684H200H2450H5869
6The one who sends a message by a fool's hand cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.H7971H1697H3027H3684H7096H7272H8354H2555
7A proverb in the mouth of a fool is like lame legs that hang limp.H7785H6455H1809H4912H6310H3684
8Giving honor to a fool is like binding a stone in a sling.H6872H6887H68H4773H5414H3519H3684
9A proverb in the mouth of a fool is like a stick with thorns, brandished by the hand of a drunkard.H2336H5927H3027H7910H4912H6310H3684
10The one who hires a fool, or who hires those passing by, is like an archer who wounds everyone.H7227H2342H7936H3684H7936H5674
11As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness.H3611H7725H6892H3684H8138H200
12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.H7200H376H2450H5869H8615H3684
13The slacker says, "There's a lion in the road— a lion in the public square!"H6102H559H7826H1870H738H7339
14A door turns on its hinge, and a slacker, on his bed.H1817H5437H6735H6102H4296
15The slacker buries his hand in the bowl; he is too weary to bring it to his mouth.H6102H2934H3027H6747H3811H7725H6310
16In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser than seven men who can answer sensibly.H6102H2450H5869H7651H7725H2940
17A passerby who meddles in a quarrel that's not his is like one who grabs a dog by the ears.H5674H5674H7379H2388H3611H241
18Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,H3856H3384H2131H2671H4194
19so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I was only joking!"H376H7411H7453H559H7832
20Without wood, fire goes out; without a gossip, conflict dies down.H657H6086H784H3518H5372H4066H8367
21As charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.H6352H1513H6086H784H4079H4066H376H2787H7379
22A gossip's words are like choice food that goes down to one's innermost being.H1697H5372H3859H3381H2315H990
23Smooth lips with an evil heart are like glaze on an earthen vessel.H1814H8193H7451H3820H2789H6823H3701H5509
24A hateful person disguises himself with his speech and harbors deceit within.H8130H5234H8193H7896H4820H7130
25When he speaks graciously, don't believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.H6963H2603H539H7651H8441H3820
26Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his evil will be revealed in the assembly.H8135H3680H4860H7451H1540H6951
27The one who digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever rolls a stone— it will come back on him.H3738H7845H5307H1556H68H7725
28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.H8267H3956H8130H1790H2509H6310H6213H4072


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