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Proverbs 26 Honor Is Not Fitting for a Fool

Proverbs 26:1-28 Honor Is Not Fitting for a Fool

Proverbs 26:1
1 As snow in summer and rain in harvest,
So honor is not fitting for a fool.

Proverbs 26:2
2
Like a flitting sparrow, like a flying swallow,
So a curse without cause shall not alight.

Proverbs 26:3-12
3
A whip for the horse,
A bridle for the donkey,
And a rod for the fool’s back.
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Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest you also be like him.
5
Answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
6
He who sends a message by the hand of a fool
Cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
7
Like the legs of the lame that hang limp
Is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8
Like one who binds a stone in a sling
Is he who gives honor to a fool.
9
Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard
Is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10
The great God who formed everything
Gives the fool his hire and the transgressor his wages.
11
As a dog returns to his own vomit,
So a fool repeats his folly.
12
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Proverbs 26:13-16
13
The lazy man says, “There is a lion in the road!
A fierce lion is in the streets!”
14
As a door turns on its hinges,
So does the lazy man on his bed.
15
The lazy man buries his hand in the bowl;
It wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
16
The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can answer sensibly.

Proverbs 26:17
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He who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own
Is like one who takes a dog by the ears.

Proverbs 26:18-19
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Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,
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Is the man who deceives his neighbor,
And says, “I was only joking!”

Proverbs 26:20-22
20
Where there is no wood, the fire goes out;
And where there is no talebearer (gossip or slanderer, whisperer), strife ceases.
21
As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
22
The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles,
And they go down into the inmost body.

Proverbs 26:23
23
Fervent lips with a wicked heart
Are like earthenware covered with silver dross.

Proverbs 26:24-26
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He who hates, disguises it with his lips,
And lays up deceit within himself;
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When he speaks kindly, do not believe him,
For there are seven abominations in his heart;
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Though his hatred is covered by deceit,
His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.

Proverbs 26:27
27
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

Proverbs 26:28
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A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it,
And a flattering mouth works ruin.