updv - 26

updv@Proverbs:26:1 @ As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.

updv@Proverbs:26:2 @ As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless does not come.

updv@Proverbs:26:3 @ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the back of fools.

updv@Proverbs:26:4 @ Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Or else you will also be like him.

updv@Proverbs:26:5 @ Answer a fool according to his folly, Or else he will be wise in his own eyes.

updv@Proverbs:26:6 @ He who sends a message by the hand of a fool Cuts off [his own] feet, [and] drinks crime.

updv@Proverbs:26:7 @ [As] the legs hang loose from a cripple: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

updv@Proverbs:26:8 @ As one who binds a stone in a sling, So is he who gives honor to a fool.

updv@Proverbs:26:9 @ [As] a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

updv@Proverbs:26:10 @ [As] an archer that wounds all, So is he who hires a fool and he who hires those who pass by.

updv@Proverbs:26:11 @ As a dog that returns to his vomit, [So is] a fool that repeats his folly.

updv@Proverbs:26:12 @ Do you see a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

updv@Proverbs:26:13 @ The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.

updv@Proverbs:26:14 @ [As] the door turns on its hinges, So does the sluggard on his bed.

updv@Proverbs:26:15 @ The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; It wearies him to bring it again to his mouth.

updv@Proverbs:26:16 @ The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men who can render a reason.

updv@Proverbs:26:17 @ He who passes by, [and] vexes himself with strife not belonging to him, Is [like] one who takes a dog by the ears.

updv@Proverbs:26:18 @ As a lunatic who casts firebrands, Arrows, and death,

updv@Proverbs:26:19 @ So is the man who deceives his fellow man, And says, Am I not joking?

updv@Proverbs:26:20 @ For lack of wood the fire goes out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceases.

updv@Proverbs:26:21 @ [As] coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.

updv@Proverbs:26:22 @ The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.

updv@Proverbs:26:23 @ Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are [like] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

updv@Proverbs:26:24 @ He who hates dissembles with his lips; But he lays up deceit inside him:

updv@Proverbs:26:25 @ When he speaks fair, don't believe him; For there are seven disgusting things in his heart:

updv@Proverbs:26:26 @ Though [his] hatred covers itself with guile, His wickedness will be openly shown before the assembly.

updv@Proverbs:26:27 @ Whoever digs a pit will fall in it; And he who rolls a stone, it will return on him.

updv@Proverbs:26:28 @ A lying tongue hates those whom it has wounded; And a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 26