Proverbs 26 : 1 (NET)
Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
Proverbs 26 : 2 (NET)
Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.
Proverbs 26 : 3 (NET)
A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
Proverbs 26 : 4 (NET)
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.
Proverbs 26 : 5 (NET)
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own estimation.
Proverbs 26 : 6 (NET)
Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message by the hand of a fool.
Proverbs 26 : 7 (NET)
Like legs that hang limp from the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 26 : 8 (NET)
Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.
Proverbs 26 : 9 (NET)
Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Proverbs 26 : 10 (NET)
Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passer-by.
Proverbs 26 : 11 (NET)
Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
Proverbs 26 : 12 (NET)
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 26 : 13 (NET)
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!"
Proverbs 26 : 14 (NET)
Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
Proverbs 26 : 15 (NET)
The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
Proverbs 26 : 16 (NET)
The sluggard is wiser in his own estimation than seven people who respond with good sense.
Proverbs 26 : 17 (NET)
Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.
Proverbs 26 : 18 (NET)
Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,
Proverbs 26 : 19 (NET)
so is a person who deceives his neighbor, and says, "Was I not only joking?"
Proverbs 26 : 20 (NET)
Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases.
Proverbs 26 : 21 (NET)
Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife.
Proverbs 26 : 22 (NET)
The words of a gossip are like delicious morsels; they go down into a person's innermost being.
Proverbs 26 : 23 (NET)
Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.
Proverbs 26 : 24 (NET)
The one who hates others disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him.
Proverbs 26 : 25 (NET)
When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations within him.
Proverbs 26 : 26 (NET)
Though his hatred may be concealed by deceit, his evil will be uncovered in the assembly.
Proverbs 26 : 27 (NET)
The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone� it will come back on him.
Proverbs 26 : 28 (NET)
A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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