Proverbs 26 : 1 (HCSB)
Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor is inappropriate for a fool.
Proverbs 26 : 2 (HCSB)
Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow, an undeserved curse goes nowhere.
Proverbs 26 : 3 (HCSB)
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools.
Proverbs 26 : 4 (HCSB)
Don't answer a fool according to his foolishness, or you'll be like him yourself.
Proverbs 26 : 5 (HCSB)
Answer a fool according to his foolishness, or he'll become wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 26 : 6 (HCSB)
The one who sends a message by a fool's hand cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
Proverbs 26 : 7 (HCSB)
A proverb in the mouth of a fool is like lame legs that hang limp.
Proverbs 26 : 8 (HCSB)
Giving honor to a fool is like binding a stone in a sling.
Proverbs 26 : 9 (HCSB)
A proverb in the mouth of a fool is like a stick with thorns, brandished by the hand of a drunkard.
Proverbs 26 : 10 (HCSB)
The one who hires a fool, or who hires those passing by, is like an archer who wounds everyone.
Proverbs 26 : 11 (HCSB)
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness.
Proverbs 26 : 12 (HCSB)
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 26 : 13 (HCSB)
The slacker says, "There's a lion in the road-- a lion in the public square!"
Proverbs 26 : 14 (HCSB)
A door turns on its hinge, and a slacker, on his bed.
Proverbs 26 : 15 (HCSB)
The slacker buries his hand in the bowl; he is too weary to bring it to his mouth.
Proverbs 26 : 16 (HCSB)
In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser than seven men who can answer sensibly.
Proverbs 26 : 17 (HCSB)
A passerby who meddles in a quarrel that's not his is like one who grabs a dog by the ears.
Proverbs 26 : 18 (HCSB)
Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,
Proverbs 26 : 19 (HCSB)
so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I was only joking!"
Proverbs 26 : 20 (HCSB)
Without wood, fire goes out; without a gossip, conflict dies down.
Proverbs 26 : 21 (HCSB)
As charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Proverbs 26 : 22 (HCSB)
A gossip's words are like choice food that goes down to one's innermost being.
Proverbs 26 : 23 (HCSB)
Smooth lips with an evil heart are like glaze on an earthen vessel.
Proverbs 26 : 24 (HCSB)
A hateful person disguises himself with his speech and harbors deceit within.
Proverbs 26 : 25 (HCSB)
When he speaks graciously, don't believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
Proverbs 26 : 26 (HCSB)
Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his evil will be revealed in the assembly.
Proverbs 26 : 27 (HCSB)
The one who digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever rolls a stone-- it will come back on him.
Proverbs 26 : 28 (HCSB)
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
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