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Proverbs 26; Proverbs 27

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Proverbs 26

1 Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
2 Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, an undeserved curse goes nowhere.
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
4 Do not answer fools according to their folly, or you will be a fool yourself.
5 Answer fools according to their folly, or they will be wise in their own eyes.
6 It is like cutting off one's foot and drinking down violence, to send a message by a fool.
7 The legs of a disabled person hang limp; so does a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
8 It is like binding a stone in a sling to give honor to a fool.
9 Like a thornbush brandished by the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
10 Like an archer who wounds everybody is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.
11 Like a dog that returns to its vomit is a fool who reverts to his folly.
12 Do you see persons wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for fools than for them.
13 The lazy person says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!"
14 As a door turns on its hinges, so does a lazy person in bed.
15 The lazy person buries a hand in the dish, and is too tired to bring it back to the mouth.
16 The lazy person is wiser in self-esteem than seven who can answer discreetly.
17 Like somebody who takes a passing dog by the ears is one who meddles in the quarrel of another.
18 Like a maniac who shoots deadly firebrands and arrows,
19 so is one who deceives a neighbor and says, "I am only joking!"
20 For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
21 As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
22 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
23 Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.
24 An enemy dissembles in speaking while harboring deceit within;
25 when an enemy speaks graciously, do not believe it, for there are seven abominations concealed within;
26 though hatred is covered with guile, the enemy's wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on the one who starts it rolling.
28 A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Proverbs 27

1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.
3 A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
4 Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
6 Well meant are the wounds a friend inflicts, but profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
7 The sated appetite spurns honey, but to a ravenous appetite even the bitter is sweet.
8 Like a bird that strays from its nest is one who strays from home.
9 Perfume and incense make the heart glad, but the soul is torn by trouble.
10 Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent; do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is nearby than kindred who are far away.
11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.
12 The clever see danger and hide; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.
13 Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger; seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.
14 Whoever blesses a neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.
15 A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike;
16 to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in the right hand.
17 Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens the wits of another.
18 Anyone who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and anyone who takes care of a master will be honored.
19 Just as water reflects the face, so one human heart reflects another.
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and human eyes are never satisfied.
21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, so a person is tested by being praised.
22 Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, but the folly will not be driven out.
23 Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds;
24 for riches do not last forever, nor a crown for all generations.
25 When the grass is gone, and new growth appears, and the herbage of the mountains is gathered,
26 the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field;
27 there will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and nourishment for your servant-girls.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.