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BSB PROV Chapter 26

PROV 26 ©

Similitudes and Instructions

26Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.

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

3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him

5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.

6Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

7Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

8Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

9[Like] a thorn [that] goes into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

10Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.

11As a dog returns to its vomit,[fn] so a fool repeats his folly.

12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

13The slacker says, “A lion [is] in the road! A fierce lion [roams] the public square!”

14[As] a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker [turns] on his bed.

15The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.

16The slacker [is] wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

17Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

18Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,

19so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

20Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

21Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

22The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being

23Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning[fn] lips and a wicked heart.

24A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.

25When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations [fill] his heart.

26Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

27He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.


26:11 Cited in 2 Peter 2:22

26:23 Hebrew; LXX smooth

PROV 26 ©

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