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Proverbs 26

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1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour [is] not comely for a fool.
1 Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool.
2 As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.
2 Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
3 A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him -- even thou.
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.
6 He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.
6 Sending a message by the hands of a fool is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison.
7 Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.
7 Like the useless legs of one who is lame is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
8 As one who is binding a stone in a sling, So [is] he who is giving honour to a fool.
8 Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
9 A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.
9 Like a thornbush in a drunkard’s hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
10 Great [is] the Former of all, And He is rewarding a fool, And is rewarding transgressors.
10 Like an archer who wounds at random is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.
11 As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.
11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly.
12 Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!
12 Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.
13 The slothful hath said, `A lion [is] in the way, A lion [is] in the broad places.'
13 A sluggard says, “There’s a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!”
14 The door turneth round on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed.
14 As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
15 The slothful hath hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth.
15 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16 Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven [men] returning a reason.
16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly.
17 Laying hold on the ears of a dog, [Is] a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.
17 Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.
18 As [one] pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,
18 Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death
19 So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, `Am not I playing?'
19 is one who deceives their neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
20 Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,
20 Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.
21 Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.
21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
22 The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.
23 Silver of dross spread over potsherd, [Are] burning lips and an evil heart.
23 Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.
24 By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit,
24 Enemies disguise themselves with their lips, but in their hearts they harbor deceit.
25 When his voice is gracious trust not in him, For seven abominations [are] in his heart.
25 Though their speech is charming, do not believe them, for seven abominations fill their hearts.
26 Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly.
26 Their malice may be concealed by deception, but their wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27 Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.
27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.
28 A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!
28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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