Proverbs Chapter 26 of 31 about 2 min read

Proverbs 26

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Verse 1. Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.

Verse 2. Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

Verse 3. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

Verse 4. Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.

Verse 5. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.

Verse 6. Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

Verse 7. Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Verse 8. Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

Verse 9. Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Verse 10. Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.

Verse 11. As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

Verse 12. Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Verse 13. The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”

Verse 14. As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.

Verse 15. The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.

Verse 16. The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

Verse 17. Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

Verse 18. Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,

Verse 19. so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

Verse 20. Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

Verse 21. Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

Verse 22. The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

Verse 23. Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.

Verse 24. A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.

Verse 25. When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.

Verse 26. Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

Verse 27. He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

Verse 28. A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.