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Proverbs 26 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Pro 26:1

Pro 26:1As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

Pro 26:2

Pro 26:2As birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon any one without a cause.

Pro 26:3

Pro 26:3As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, so is a rod for a simple nation.

Pro 26:4

Pro 26:4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou become like him.

Pro 26:5

Pro 26:5Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit.

Pro 26:6

Pro 26:6He that sends a message by a foolish messenger procures for himself a reproach from his own ways.

Pro 26:7

Pro 26:7 As well take away the motion of the legs, as transgression from the mouth of fools.

Pro 26:8

Pro 26:8He that binds up a stone in a sling, is like one that gives glory to a fool.

Pro 26:9

Pro 26:9Thorns [fn]grow in the hand of a drunkard, and servitude in the hand of fools.

Pro 26:10

Pro 26:10 [fn]All the flesh of fools endures much hardship; for their fury is brought to nought.

Pro 26:11

Pro 26:11As when a dog goes to his own vomit, and becomes abominable, so is a fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin.

Pro 26:12

Pro 26:12I have seen a man who seemed [fn]to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he.

Pro 26:13

Pro 26:13A sluggard when sent on a journey says, There is a lion in the ways, and there are murderers in the streets.

Pro 26:14

Pro 26:14As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed.

Pro 26:15

Pro 26:15A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth.

Pro 26:16

Pro 26:16A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who [fn]most satisfactorily brings back a message.

Pro 26:17

Pro 26:17As he that lays hold of a dog's tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another's cause.

Pro 26:18

Pro 26:18As those who need correction put forth fair words to men, and he that first falls in with the proposal will be overthrown;

Pro 26:19

Pro 26:19so are all that lay wait for their own friends, and when they are discovered, say, I did it in jest.

Pro 26:20

Pro 26:20With much wood fire increases; but where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases.

Pro 26:21

Pro 26:21A hearth for coals, and wood for fire; and a railing man for the tumult of strife.

Pro 26:22

Pro 26:22The words of cunning knaves are soft; but they smite even to the inmost parts of the bowels.

Pro 26:23

Pro 26:23Silver dishonestly given is to be considered as a potsherd: smooth lips cover a grievous heart.

Pro 26:24

Pro 26:24A weeping enemy promises all things with his lips, but in his heart he contrives deceit.

Pro 26:25

Pro 26:25Though thine enemy intreat thee with a loud voice, consent not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Pro 26:26

Pro 26:26He that hides enmity frames deceit: but being easily discerned, exposes his own sins in the public assemblies.

Pro 26:27

Pro 26:27He that digs a pit for his neighbour shall fall into it: and he that rolls a stone, rolls it upon himself.

Pro 26:28

Pro 26:28A lying tongue hates the truth; and an unguarded mouth causes tumults.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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