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Proverbs 26:7-17
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Proverbs 26:7-17
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7
Like the useless legs of one who is lame is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
8
Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
9
Like a thornbush in a drunkard’s hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
10
Like an archer who wounds at random is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.
11
As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly.
12
Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.
13
A sluggard says, “There’s a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!”
14
As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
15
A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16
A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly.
17
Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.
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1.
ver 9
2.
S ver 1
3.
ver 7
4.
2 Peter 2:22
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5.
Exodus 8:15
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Psalms 85:8
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Proverbs 3:7
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Proverbs 29:20
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Proverbs 6:6-11
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Proverbs 24:30-34
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Proverbs 22:13
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Proverbs 6:9
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Proverbs 19:24
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