| 26 | Proverbs | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool. | |||
| Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight. | |||
| A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools. | |||
| Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. | |||
| Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. | |||
| He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence. | |||
| Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools. | |||
| Like one who binds the stone in the sling is he who gives honor to a fool. | |||
| Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools. | |||
| Like an archer who wounds everybody is he who hires a passing fool or drunkard. | |||
| Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool that repeats his folly. | |||
| Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. | |||
| The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!" | |||
| As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed. | |||
| The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth. | |||
| The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer discreetly. | |||
| He who meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears. | |||
| Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death, | |||
| is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I am only joking!" | |||
| For lack of wood the fire goes out; and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases. | |||
| As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. | |||
| The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body. | |||
| Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart. | |||
| He who hates, dissembles with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart; | |||
| when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart; | |||
| though his hatred be covered with guile, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. | |||
| He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back upon him who starts it rolling. | |||
| A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin. | |||
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