LEB PRO chapter 26

LEB PRO Chapter 26

so honor is not fitting for a fool.
2 is to fluttering and like the swallow is to flying, so an undeserved curse does not go forth.
3  and a rod for the back of fools.
4  lest you become like him—even you.
5  or else he will be wise in his own eyes.
6 Like cutting off feet or drinking violence, so is he who sends messages in the hand of a fool.
7 Like legs that hang limp from a lame person, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8  so is giving honor to a fool.
9 Like a thorn that goes up in the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10 Like an archer who wounds everyone, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires passersby.
11  is a fool reverting to his folly.
12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13 is in the road! A lion among the streets!”
14  and a lazy person on his bed.
15  he is too tired to return it to his mouth.
16  than seven who answer discreetly.
17  passing by is one who meddles in a quarrel that is not his own.
18  firebrands, arrows, and death,
19 is a man who deceives his neighbor, but says “Am I not joking?”
20  and where there is no whisperer, quarreling will cease.
21 As charcoal is to hot embers and wood is to fire, so a man of quarrels is to kindling strife.
22 are like delicious morsels, and they go down to the inner parts of the body.
23 Like[fn] which overlays an earthen vessel, so are smooth lips and an evil heart[fn].
24 but[fn] he will harbor deceit.
25  for seven abominations are in his heart.
26  its evil will be exposed in the assembly.
27  and he who rolls a stone, on him it will come back.
28  and a flattering mouth makes ruin.

26:? Literally “silver of impurities”

26:? Or “mind”

26:? Literally “in his midst”