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Proverbs 26
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1As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, so honour is not [seemly] for a fool.
1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
2As birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon any one without a cause.
2As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
3As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, so [is] a rod for a simple nation.
3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou become like him.
4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
5Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit.
5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
6He that sends a message by a foolish messenger procures for himself a reproach from his own ways.
6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
7[As well] take away the motion of the legs, as transgression from the mouth of fools.
7The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
8He that binds up a stone in a sling, is like one that gives glory to a fool.
8As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
9Thorns grow in the hand of a drunkard, and servitude in the hand of fools.
9As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
10All the flesh of fools endures much hardship; for their fury is brought to nought.
10The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
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. [There is a shame that brings sin: and there is a shame [that is] glory and grace.]
11As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
12I have seen a man who seemed to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he.
12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
13A sluggard when sent on a journey says, [There is] a lion in the ways, and [there are] murderers in the streets.
13The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
14As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed.
14As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
15A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth.
15The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
16A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.
16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
17As he that lays hold of a dog's tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another's cause.
17He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.