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Proverbs 26
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26Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool.H7950H7019H4306H7105H3519H5000H3684
2Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.H6833H5110H1866H5774H7045H2600H935
3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!H7752H5483H4964H2543H7626H3684H1460
4Do not answer fools according to their folly, or you yourself will be just like them.H6030H3684H200H7737
5Answer fools according to their folly, or they will be wise in their own eyes.H6030H3684H200H2450H5869
6To send a message by the hands of a fool is like cutting off one's feet or drinking poison.H7971H1697H3027H3684H7096H7272H8354H2555
7Like the useless legs of one who is lame is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.H7785H6455H1809H4912H6310H3684
8Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.H6872H6887H68H4773H5414H3519H3684
9Like a thornbush in a drunkard's hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.H2336H5927H3027H7910H4912H6310H3684
10Like an archer who wounds at random is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.H7227H2342H7936H3684H7936H5674
11As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly.H3611H7725H6892H3684H8138H200
12Do you see people who are wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for fools than for them.H7200H376H2450H5869H8615H3684
13A sluggard says, "There's a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!"H6102H559H7826H1870H738H7339
14As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on the bed.H1817H5437H6735H6102H4296
15Sluggards bury their hands in the dish and are too lazy to bring them back to their mouths.H6102H2934H3027H6747H3811H7725H6310
16Sluggards are wiser in their own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly.H6102H2450H5869H7651H7725H2940
17Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.H5674H5674H7379H2388H3611H241
18Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of deathH3856H3384H2131H2671H4194
19is one who deceives a neighbor and says, "I was only joking!"H376H7411H7453H559H7832
20Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.H657H6086H784H3518H5372H4066H8367
21As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.H6352H1513H6086H784H4079H4066H376H2787H7379
22The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.H1697H5372H3859H3381H2315H990
23Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.H1814H8193H7451H3820H2789H6823H3701H5509
24Enemies disguise themselves with their lips, but in their hearts they harbor deceit.H8130H5234H8193H7896H4820H7130
25Though their speech is charming, do not believe them, for seven abominations fill their hearts.H6963H2603H539H7651H8441H3820
26Their malice may be concealed by deception, but their wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.H8135H3680H4860H7451H1540H6951
27If anyone digs a pit, they themselves will fall into it; if anyone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.H3738H7845H5307H1556H68H7725
28A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.H8267H3956H8130H1790H2509H6310H6213H4072


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