| Prov. 26:1 |
Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest, / So honor is not fitting for a fool. |
| Prov. 26:2 |
Like the sparrow in [its] fluttering, like the swallow in [its] flying, / So a curse without cause does not alight. |
| Prov. 26:3 |
A whip for the horse! A bridle for the donkey! / And a rod for the back of fools! |
| Prov. 26:4 |
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, / Lest you also be like him. |
| Prov. 26:5 |
Answer a fool according to his folly, / Lest he be wise in his own eyes. |
| Prov. 26:6 |
He who sends a message by the hand of a fool / Cuts off [his own] feet [and] drinks violence. |
| Prov. 26:7 |
[Like] the legs of the lame which hang down, / So is a proverb in the mouth of fools. |
| Prov. 26:8 |
Like one who binds a stone in a sling, / So is he who gives honor to a fool. |
| Prov. 26:9 |
[Like] a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, / So is a proverb in the mouth of fools. |
| Prov. 26:10 |
[Like] an archer who wounds everyone, / So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by. |
| Prov. 26:11 |
Like a dog that returns to its vomit / Is a fool who repeats his folly. |
| Prov. 26:12 |
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? / There is more hope for a fool than for him. |
| Prov. 26:13 |
The sluggard says, There is a roaring lion on the way; / A lion is in the streets! |
| Prov. 26:14 |
[As] the door turns upon its hinges, / So does the sluggard upon his bed. |
| Prov. 26:15 |
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; / He gets weary by bringing it to his mouth again. |
| Prov. 26:16 |
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes / Than seven men who can answer discreetly. |
| Prov. 26:17 |
He who passes by [and] meddles with strife that does not belong to him, / Is [like] one who takes a dog by the ears. |
| Prov. 26:18 |
Like a madman who shoots firebrands, arrows, and death, |
| Prov. 26:19 |
So is the man who deceives his neighbor, / And says, Was I not joking? |
| Prov. 26:20 |
For lack of wood the fire goes out, / And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down. |
| Prov. 26:21 |
[As] charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, / So is a contentious man to kindle strife. |
| Prov. 26:22 |
The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, / And they go down into the innermost parts of one's being. |
| Prov. 26:23 |
Burning lips and a wicked heart / Are [like] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross. |
| Prov. 26:24 |
He who hates disguises [it] with his lips, / But he lays up deceit within him; |
| Prov. 26:25 |
When he speaks graciously, do not believe him; / For there are seven abominations in his heart; |
| Prov. 26:26 |
Though [his] hatred covers itself with guile, / His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly. |
| Prov. 26:27 |
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, / And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him. |
| Prov. 26:28 |
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, / And a flattering mouth works ruin. |