Proverbs 26 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Similitudes, Instructions

Pro 26:1

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

Pro 26:2

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

Pro 26:3

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

Pro 26:4

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

Pro 26:5

Pro 26:5Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

Pro 26:6

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

Pro 26:7

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

Pro 26:8

Pro 26:8Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.

Pro 26:9

Pro 26:9Like 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.

Pro 26:10

Pro 26:10Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.

Pro 26:11

Pro 26:11Like 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.

Pro 26:12

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

Pro 26:13

Pro 26:13The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

Pro 26:14

Pro 26:14A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed.

Pro 26:15

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

Pro 26:16

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

Pro 26:17

Pro 26:17He 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.

Pro 26:18

Pro 26:18As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,

Pro 26:19

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

Pro 26:20

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

Pro 26:21

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

Pro 26:22

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

Pro 26:23

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

Pro 26:24

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

Pro 26:25

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

Pro 26:26

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

Pro 26:27

Pro 26:27He 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.

Pro 26:28

Pro 26:28A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.

The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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Proverbs 26 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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