Proverbs Chapter 26 (NIV)

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undefined Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,honor is not fitting for a fool.

undefined Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

undefined A whip for the horse, a halter for the donkey,and a rod for the backs of fools!

undefined Do not answer a fool according to his folly,or you will be like him yourself.

undefined Answer a fool according to his folly,or he will be wise in his own eyes.

undefined Like cutting off one’s feet or drinking violenceis the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

undefined Like a lame man’s legs that hang limpis a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

undefined Like tying a stone in a slingis the giving of honor to a fool.

undefined Like a thornbush in a drunkard’s handis a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

undefined Like an archer who wounds at randomis he who hires a fool or any passer-by.

undefined As a dog returns to its vomit,so a fool repeats his folly.

undefined Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?There is more hope for a fool than for him.

undefined The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road,a fierce lion roaming the streets!”

undefined As a door turns on its hinges,so a sluggard turns on his bed.

undefined The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

undefined The sluggard is wiser in his own eyesthan seven men who answer discreetly.

undefined Like one who seizes a dog by the earsis a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

undefined Like a madman shootingfirebrands or deadly arrows

undefined is a man who deceives his neighborand says, “I was only joking!”

undefined Without wood a fire goes out;without gossip a quarrel dies down.

undefined As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

undefined The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;they go down to a man’s inmost parts.

undefined Like a coating of glaze over earthenwareare fervent lips with an evil heart.

undefined A malicious man disguises himself with his lips,but in his heart he harbors deceit.

undefined Though his speech is charming, do not believe him,for seven abominations fill his heart.

undefined His malice may be concealed by deception,but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

undefined If a man digs a pit, he will fall into it;if a man rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.

undefined A lying tongue hates those it hurts,and a flattering mouth works ruin.

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