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The Book of Proverbs 26

26 Like the snow in the summer and like the rain in the harvest,

so honor is not suitable for a stupid one.

2 Like the bird for fluttering, like the swallow for flying,

so a curse without cause does not come.

3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,

and a rod for the back of stupid ones.

4 Do not answer a stupid one according to his folly,

lest you yourself also become like him.

5 Answer a stupid one according to his folly,

lest he become wise in his eyes.

6 One who cuts off feet, one who drinks violence,

is one who sends words by the hand of a stupid one.

7 Legs dangle from a lame one,

and a proverb in the mouth of stupid ones.

8 Like tying a stone in a sling,

so is one who gives honor to a stupid one.

9 A thorn goes up into the hand of a drunkard,

and a proverb in the mouth of stupid ones.

10 An archer who pierces everyone,

so is one who hires a stupid one and hires those passing by.

11 Like a dog returning to its vomit

is a stupid one who repeats his folly.

12 You see a man wise in his eyes.

There is more hope for a stupid one than him.

13 A lazy one says, “A young lion is on the road!

A lion is between the open areas!”

14 The door turns on its hinge,

and a lazy one on his bed.

15 A lazy one hides his hand in the dish;

he is too weary to return it to his mouth.

16 A lazy one is wiser in his eyes

than seven who return discretion.

17 One who grabs the ears of a dog passing by

is one who infuriates himself over a dispute not for him.

18 Like an insane one who shoots firebrands, arrows, and death,

19 so is a man who deceives his neighbor

and says, “Was I not joking?”

20 With the end of wood pieces a fire goes out,

and when there is no murmurer, a quarrel becomes silent.

21 Charcoal to burning coals and wood to fire,

so a man of quarrels is to kindling of a dispute.

22 The words of a murmurer are like things swallowed greedily,

and they themselves go down into the rooms of the belly.

23 Silver of dross overlaid on a clay vessel

are burning lips and a heart of evil.

24 With his lips one who hates disguises himself,

but within him he sets deceit.

25 When he makes his voice gracious, do not trust in him,

for seven abominations are in his heart.

26 Hatred is covered by guile;

his evil will be uncovered in the assembly.

27 One who digs a pit will fall into it,

and one who rolls a stone, it will come back to him.

28 A tongue of falsehood hates its oppressed ones,

and a smooth mouth makes calamity.

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