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Proverbs 26 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:1 - Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:2 - Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:4 - Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:5 - Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:6 - He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:7 - Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:8 - Like one who binds the stone in the sling is he who gives honor to a fool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:9 - Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:10 - Like an archer who wounds everybody is he who hires a passing fool or drunkard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:11 - Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool that repeats his folly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:12 - Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:13 - The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:14 - As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:15 - The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:16 - The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer discreetly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:17 - He who meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:18 - Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19 - is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I am only joking!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:20 - For lack of wood the fire goes out; and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:21 - As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:22 - The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:23 - Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:24 - He who hates, dissembles with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:25 - when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:26 - though his hatred be covered with guile, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27 - He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back upon him who starts it rolling.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:28 - A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

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Proverbs Chapter 26 — Additional Translations:

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