# Proverbs 26

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###### v1 
Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool. 

###### v2 
Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest. 

###### v3 
A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools! 

###### v4 
Don't answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him. 

###### v5 
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. 

###### v6 
One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence. 

###### v7 
Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools. 

###### v8 
As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool. 

###### v9 
Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools. 

###### v10 
As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by. 

###### v11 
As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly. 

###### v12 
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. 

###### v13 
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!" 

###### v14 
As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed. 

###### v15 
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. 

###### v16 
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion. 

###### v17 
Like one who grabs a dog's ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own. 

###### v18 
Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death, 

###### v19 
is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?" 

###### v20 
For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down. 

###### v21 
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife. 

###### v22 
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts. 

###### v23 
Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart. 

###### v24 
A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart. 

###### v25 
When his speech is charming, don't believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart. 

###### v26 
His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. 

###### v27 
Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him. 

###### v28 
A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

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