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Proverbs 26:1-8
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Proverbs 26:1-8
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1
Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.
2
As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.
3
A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.
4
Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.
5
Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.
6
He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.
7
The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.
8
Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.
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