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Proverbs 26

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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.

13

The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!"

14

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!"

20

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.

22

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

23

Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.

24

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

25

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

26

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.

Proverbs 27

1

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

2

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

3

Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.

4

Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

5

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

6

Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.

7

He who is full loathes honey, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.

8

Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.

9

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel.

10

Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, and do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes you-- better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

11

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.

12

The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.

13

Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.

14

If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.

15

A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day;

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restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.

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As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

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He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.

19

As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.

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Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.

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The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but man is tested by the praise he receives.

22

Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding him like grain with a pestle, you will not remove his folly from him.

23

Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;

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for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.

25

When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,

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the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.

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You will have plenty of goats' milk to feed you and your family and to nourish your servant girls.

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.

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