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Proverbs 26
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, so honour is not [seemly] for a fool.
Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
As birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon any one without a cause.
Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, so [is] a rod for a simple nation.
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou become like him.
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
He that sends a message by a foolish messenger procures for himself a reproach from his own ways.
Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
[As well] take away the motion of the legs, as transgression from the mouth of fools.
Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
He that binds up a stone in a sling, is like one that gives glory to a fool.
Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
Thorns grow in the hand of a drunkard, and servitude in the hand of fools.
Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
All the flesh of fools endures much hardship; for their fury is brought to nought.
Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.
As when a dog goes to his own vomit, and becomes abominable, so is a fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin.
As a dog returns to its vomit (note: Cited in 2 Peter 2:22), so a fool repeats his folly.
I have seen a man who seemed to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he.
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
A sluggard when sent on a journey says, [There is] a lion in the ways, and [there are] murderers in the streets.
The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed.
As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth.
The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.
The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
As he that lays hold of a dog's tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another's cause.
Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
As those who need correction put forth [fair] words to men, and he that first falls in with the proposal will be overthrown;
Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
so are all that lay wait for their own friends, and when they are discovered, say, I did it in jest.
so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
With much wood fire increases; but where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases.
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
A hearth for coals, and wood for fire; and a railing man for the tumult of strife.
Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
The words of cunning knaves are soft; but they smite [even] to the inmost parts of the bowels.
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
Silver dishonestly given is to be considered as a potsherd: smooth lips cover a grievous heart.
Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning (note: Hebrew; LXX smooth) lips and a wicked heart.
A weeping enemy promises all things with his lips, but in his heart he contrives deceit.
A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
Though [thine] enemy intreat thee with a loud voice, consent not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.
He that hides enmity frames deceit: but being easily discerned, exposes his own sins in the public assemblies.
Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
He that digs a pit for his neighbour shall fall into it: and he that rolls a stone, rolls it upon himself.
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
A lying tongue hates the truth; and an unguarded mouth causes tumults.
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.