Proverbs 26:1
Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
Proverbs 26:2
Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
Proverbs 26:4
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
Proverbs 26:5
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 26:6
Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
Proverbs 26:7
Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Proverbs 26:8
Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
Proverbs 26:9
Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Proverbs 26:10
Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.
Proverbs 26:11
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
Proverbs 26:12
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 26:13
The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
Proverbs 26:14
As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
Proverbs 26:15
The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
Proverbs 26:16
The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
Proverbs 26:17
Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
Proverbs 26:18
Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
Proverbs 26:19
so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
Proverbs 26:20
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
Proverbs 26:21
Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Proverbs 26:22
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
Proverbs 26:23
Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
Proverbs 26:24
A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
Proverbs 26:25
When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.
Proverbs 26:26
Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
Proverbs 26:27
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.