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Proverbs 26 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Pro 26:1Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
Pro 26:2Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight.
Pro 26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
Pro 26:4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.
Pro 26:5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
Pro 26:6He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
Pro 26:7Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Pro 26:8Like one who binds the stone in the sling is he who gives honor to a fool.
Pro 26:9Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Pro 26:10Like an archer who wounds everybody is he who hires a passing fool or drunkard.
Pro 26:11Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool that repeats his folly.
Pro 26:12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Pro 26:13The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!"
Pro 26:14As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.
Pro 26:15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
Pro 26:16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer discreetly.
Pro 26:17He who meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.
Pro 26:18Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,
Pro 26:19is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I am only joking!"
Pro 26:20For lack of wood the fire goes out; and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
Pro 26:21As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Pro 26:22The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
Pro 26:23Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.
Pro 26:24He who hates, dissembles with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;
Pro 26:25when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart;
Pro 26:26though his hatred be covered with guile, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
Pro 26:27He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back upon him who starts it rolling.
Pro 26:28A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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