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Proverbs 26

Similitudes, Instructions

1

Like snow in summer and like  arain in harvest, So honor is not  bfitting for a fool.

2

Like a  asparrow in its  1flitting, like a swallow in its flying, So a  bcurse without cause does not  2alight.

3

A  awhip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, And a  brod for the back of fools.

4

 aDo not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him.

5

 aAnswer a fool as his folly deserves, That he not be  bwise in his own eyes.

6

He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence Who sends a message by the hand of a fool.

7

Like the legs which  1are useless to the lame, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

8

Like  1one who binds a stone in a sling, So is he who gives honor to a fool.

9

Like a thorn which  1falls into the hand of a drunkard, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

10

 1Like an archer who wounds everyone, So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.

11

Like  aa dog that returns to its vomit Is a fool who  brepeats  1his folly.

12

Do you see a man  awise in his own eyes?  bThere is more hope for a fool than for him.

13

The  asluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A lion is  1in the open square!"

14

As the door turns on its hinges, So does the  asluggard on his bed.

15

The  asluggard buries his hand in the dish; He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again.

16

The sluggard is  awiser in his own eyes Than seven men who can  1give a discreet answer.

17

Like one who takes a dog by the ears Is he who passes by and  1meddles with  astrife not belonging to him.

18

Like a madman who throws  aFirebrands, arrows and death,

19

So is the man who  adeceives his neighbor, And says, " bWas I not joking?"

20

For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no  awhisperer,  bcontention quiets down.

21

Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a  acontentious man to kindle strife.

22

The  awords of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the  1innermost parts of the body.

23

Like an earthen  avessel overlaid with silver  bdross Are burning lips and a wicked heart.

24

He who  ahates disguises it with his lips, But he lays up  bdeceit in his  1heart.

25

When  1he  aspeaks graciously, do not believe him, For there are seven abominations in his heart.

26

Though his hatred  acovers itself with guile, His wickedness will be  brevealed before the assembly.

27

He who  adigs a pit will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

28

A lying tongue hates  1those it crushes, And a  aflattering mouth works ruin.



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