| 26.1 |
Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool. |
| 26.2 |
Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest. |
| 26.3 |
A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools! |
| 26.4 |
Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him. |
| 26.5 |
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. |
| 26.6 |
One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence. |
| 26.7 |
Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools. |
| 26.8 |
As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool. |
| 26.9 |
Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools. |
| 26.10 |
As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by. |
| 26.11 |
As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly. |
| 26.12 |
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. |
| 26.13 |
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!” |
| 26.14 |
As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed. |
| 26.15 |
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. |
| 26.16 |
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion. |
| 26.17 |
Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own. |
| 26.18 |
Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death, |
| 26.19 |
is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?” |
| 26.20 |
For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down. |
| 26.21 |
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife. |
| 26.22 |
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts. |
| 26.23 |
Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart. |
| 26.24 |
A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart. |
| 26.25 |
When his speech is charming, don’t believe him; for there are seven abominations in his heart. |
| 26.26 |
His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. |
| 26.27 |
Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him. |
| 26.28 |
A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin. |
