Proverbs chapter 26 tag:brojed.org/cms,2026-04-07:20260407 2026-04-07T15:31:15+00:00 tag:brojed.org/cms,2026-04-07:20260407 2026-04-07T15:31:15+00:00

As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, so honor is not [seemly] for a fool. As birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon anyone without a cause. As a whip for a horse, and a goad for a donkey, so is a rod for a simple nation. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you become like him. Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit. He that sends a message by a foolish messenger procures for himself a reproach from his own ways. [As well] take away the motion of the legs, as transgression from the mouth of fools. He that binds up a stone in a sling, is like one that gives glory to a fool. Thorns grow in the hand of a drunkard, and servitude in the hand of fools. All the flesh of fools endures much hardship, for their fury is brought to nought. As when a dog returns to his own vomit, and becomes abominable, so is a fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin. [ 26:11A] There is a shame that brings sin, and there is a shame that is glory and grace. I have seen a man who seemed to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he. A sluggard when sent on a journey says, [There is] a lion in the road, and [there are] murderers in the streets. As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed. A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth. A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message. As he that lays hold of a dog's tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another's cause. As those who need correction put forth [fair] words to men, and he that first falls in with the proposal will be overthrown; so are all that lay wait for their own friends, and when they are discovered, say, I did it in jest. With much wood fire increases, but where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases. A hearth for coals, and wood for fire, and a railing man for the tumult of strife. The words of a talebearer are soft; but they strike even to the inmost parts of the bowels. Silver dishonestly given is to be considered as a potsherd; smooth lips cover a grievous heart. A weeping enemy promises all things with his lips, but in his heart he contrives deceit. Though your enemy intreat you with a loud voice, consent not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. He that hides enmity frames deceit, but being easily discerned, exposes his own sins in the public assemblies. He that digs a pit for his neighbor shall fall into it, and he that rolls a stone, rolls it upon himself. A lying tongue hates the truth, and an unguarded mouth causes tumults.

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