rsv Proverbs:26:8-22
rsv@Proverbs:26:8 @ Like one who binds the stone in the sling is he who gives honor to a fool.
rsv@Proverbs:26:9 @ Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
rsv@Proverbs:26:10 @ Like an archer who wounds everybody is he who hires a passing fool or drunkard.
rsv@Proverbs:26:11 @ Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool that repeats his folly.
rsv@Proverbs:26:12 @ Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
rsv@Proverbs:26:13 @ The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!"
rsv@Proverbs:26:14 @ As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.
rsv@Proverbs:26:15 @ The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
rsv@Proverbs:26:16 @ The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer discreetly.
rsv@Proverbs:26:17 @ He who meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.
rsv@Proverbs:26:18 @ Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,
rsv@Proverbs:26:19 @ is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I am only joking!"
rsv@Proverbs:26:20 @ For lack of wood the fire goes out; and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
rsv@Proverbs:26:21 @ As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
rsv@Proverbs:26:22 @ The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.