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Proverbs 26
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Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
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Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.
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A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!
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Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
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Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
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One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
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Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
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Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.
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As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who 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 roams the streets!”
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As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard 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 with discretion.
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Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
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Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
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is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”
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For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
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As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
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The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.
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Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
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A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.
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When his speech is charming, don’t believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
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His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
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Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
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A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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