Proverbs 26:9-19 (New International Version)
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Like a thornbush in a drunkard's hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.1
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Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or any passer-by.
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As a dog returns to its vomit,2 so a fool repeats his folly.3
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Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?4 There is more hope for a fool than for him.5
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The sluggard says,6 "There is a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!"7
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As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.8
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The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.9
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The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
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Like one who seizes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
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Like a madman shooting firebrands or deadly arrows
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is a man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I was only joking!"
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