Proverbs 26- 1
- Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool.
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- Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
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- A whip for the horse, a halter for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
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- Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.
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- Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.
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- Like cutting off one's feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
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- Like a lame man's legs that hang limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
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- Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
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- Like a thornbush in a drunkard's hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
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- Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or any passer-by.
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- As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
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- Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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- The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!"
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- As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
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- The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
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- The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
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- Like one who seizes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
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- Like a madman shooting firebrands or deadly arrows
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- is a man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I was only joking!"
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- Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.
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- As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
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- The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man's inmost parts.
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- Like a coating of glaze [1] over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.
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- A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but in his heart he harbors deceit.
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- Though his speech is charming, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.
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- His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
- 27
- If a man digs a pit, he will fall into it; if a man rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.
- 28
- A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
- [23] With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text of silver dross