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Prov.|26:1|-|Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest,So honor is not fitting for a fool.
Prov.|26:2|-|Like the sparrow in its fluttering, like the swallow in its flying,So a curse without cause does not alight.
Prov.|26:3|-|A whip for the horse! A |a|bridle for the donkey!And a rod for the back of fools!
Prov.|26:4|-|Do not answer a fool according to his folly,Lest you also be like him.
Prov.|26:5|-|Answer a fool according to his folly,Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
Prov.|26:6|-|He who sends a message by the hand of a foolCuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
Prov.|26:7|-|Like the legs of the lame which hang down,So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Prov.|26:8|-|Like one who binds a stone in a sling,So is he who gives honor to a fool.
Prov.|26:9|-|Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard,So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Prov.|26:10|-|Like an archer who wounds everyone,So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.
Prov.|26:11|-|Like a |a|dog that returns to its vomitIs a fool who repeats his folly.
Prov.|26:12|-|Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Prov.|26:13|-||a|The sluggard says, There is a roaring lion on the way;A lion is in the streets!
Prov.|26:14|-|As the door turns upon its hinges,So does the sluggard upon his bed.
Prov.|26:15|-||a|The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;He gets weary by bringing it to his mouth again.
Prov.|26:16|-|The sluggard is wiser in his own eyesThan seven men who can answer discreetly.
Prov.|26:17|-|He who passes by and meddles with strife that does not belong to him,Is like one who takes a dog by the ears.
Prov.|26:18|-|Like a madman who shoots firebrands, arrows, and death,
Prov.|26:19|-|So is the man who deceives his neighbor,And says, Was I not joking?
Prov.|26:20|-|For lack of wood the fire goes out,And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.
Prov.|26:21|-|As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Prov.|26:22|-||a|The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,And they go down into the innermost parts of one’s being.
Prov.|26:23|-|Burning lips and a wicked heartAre like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
Prov.|26:24|-|He who hates disguises it with his lips,But he lays up deceit within him;
Prov.|26:25|-|When he speaks graciously, do not believe him;For there are seven abominations in his heart;
Prov.|26:26|-|Though his hatred covers itself with guile,His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.
Prov.|26:27|-|Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
Prov.|26:28|-|A lying tongue hates those it crushes,And a flattering mouth works ruin.
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