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Proverbs 26 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:1 - Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:2 - As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:3 - A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:4 - Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:5 - Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:6 - He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:7 - The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:8 - Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:9 - Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:10 - Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:11 - Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:12 - Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:13 - The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:14 - A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:15 - The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:16 - The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:17 - He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:18 - As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19 - So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:20 - Without wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no secret talk, argument is ended.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:21 - Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:22 - The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:23 - Smooth lips and an evil heart are like a vessel of earth plated with silver waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:24 - With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:25 - When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:26 - Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27 - He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:28 - A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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