| 26 | Proverbs | ||
| 1 | Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honour is not fitting for a fool. | ||
| 2 | Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight. | ||
| 3 | A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools. | ||
| 4 | Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. | ||
| 5 | Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. | ||
| 6 | He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence. | ||
| 7 | Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools. | ||
| 8 | Like one who binds the stone in the sling is he who gives honour to a fool. | ||
| 9 | Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools. | ||
| 10 | Like an archer who wounds everybody is he who hires a passing fool or drunkard. | ||
| 11 | Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool that repeats his folly. | ||
| 12 | Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. | ||
| 13 | The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!" | ||
| 14 | As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed. | ||
| 15 | The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth. | ||
| 16 | The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer discreetly. | ||
| 17 | He who meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears. | ||
| 18 | Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death, | ||
| 19 | is the man who deceives his neighbour and says, "I am only joking!" | ||
| 20 | For lack of wood the fire goes out; and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases. | ||
| 21 | As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. | ||
| 22 | The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body. | ||
| 23 | Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart. | ||
| 24 | He who hates, dissembles with his lips and harbours deceit in his heart; | ||
| 25 | when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart; | ||
| 26 | though his hatred be covered with guile, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. | ||
| 27 | He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back upon him who starts it rolling. | ||
| 28 | A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin. | ||
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