Parallel Bible results for "proverbs 26:1-7"

Proverbs 26:1-7

1 Like snow in the summer and like rain at the harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

1 Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool.

2 Like the sparrow [is] to fluttering and like the swallow [is] to flying, so an undeserved curse does not go forth.

2 Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, 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 Do not answer a fool according to his folly lest you become like him--even you.

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, or else he will be wise in his own eyes.

5 Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

6 [Like] cutting off feet [or] drinking violence, so [is] he who sends messages in 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 [Like] legs that hang limp from a lame person, so [is] a proverb in the mouth of fools.

7 Like the useless legs of one who is lame is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.