Proverbs:26
rsv@Proverbs:26:1 @ Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
rsv@Proverbs:26:2 @ Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight.
rsv@Proverbs:26:3 @ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
rsv@Proverbs:26:4 @ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.
rsv@Proverbs:26:5 @ Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
rsv@Proverbs:26:6 @ He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
rsv@Proverbs:26:7 @ Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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.
rsv@Proverbs:26:23 @ Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.
rsv@Proverbs:26:24 @ He who hates, dissembles with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;
rsv@Proverbs:26:25 @ when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart;
rsv@Proverbs:26:26 @ though his hatred be covered with guile, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
rsv@Proverbs:26:27 @ He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back upon him who starts it rolling.
rsv@Proverbs:26:28 @ A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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