Proverbs 26 / 31
- 1
Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,
so honor is not fitting for a fool.
- 2
Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
a curse that is causeless does not alight.
- 3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
and a rod for the back of fools.
- 4
Answer not a fool according to his folly,
lest you be like him yourself.
- 5
Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be wise in his own eyes.
- 6
Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool
cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
- 7
Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless,
is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
- 8
Like one who binds the stone in the sling
is one who gives honor to a fool.
- 9
Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard
is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
- 10
Like an archer who wounds everyone
is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.
- 11
Like a dog that returns to his vomit
is a fool who repeats his folly.
- 12
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- 13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road!
There is a lion in the streets!"
- 14
As a door turns on its hinges,
so does a sluggard on his bed.
- 15
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
- 16
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
than seven men who can answer sensibly.
- 17
Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own
is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.
- 18
Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death
- 19
is the man who deceives his neighbor
and says, "I am only joking!"
- 20
For lack of wood the fire goes out,
and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
- 21
As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
- 22
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.
- 23
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel
are fervent lips with an evil heart.
- 24
Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips
and harbors deceit in his heart;
- 25
when he speaks graciously, believe him not,
for there are seven abominations in his heart;
- 26
though his hatred be covered with deception,
his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
- 27
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.
- 28
A lying tongue hates its victims,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.