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| 26:1 |
Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
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| 26:2 |
Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight.
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| 26:3 |
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
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| 26:4 |
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.
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| 26:5 |
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
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| 26:6 |
He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
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| 26:7 |
Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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| 26:8 |
Like one who binds the stone in the sling is he who gives honor to a fool.
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| 26:9 |
Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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| 26:10 |
Like an archer who wounds everybody is he who hires a passing fool or drunkard.
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| 26:11 |
Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool that repeats his folly.
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| 26:12 |
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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| 26:13 |
The sluggard says, 'There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!'
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| 26:14 |
As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.
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| 26:15 |
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
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| 26:16 |
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer discreetly.
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| 26:17 |
He who meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.
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| 26:18 |
Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,
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| 26:19 |
is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, 'I am only joking!'
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| 26:20 |
For lack of wood the fire goes out;and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
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| 26:21 |
As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
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| 26:22 |
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;they go down into the inner parts of the body.
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| 26:23 |
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.
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| 26:24 |
He who hates, dissembles with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;
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| 26:25 |
when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart;
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| 26:26 |
though his hatred be covered with guile, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
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| 26:27 |
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back upon him who starts it rolling.
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| 26:28 |
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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