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| 26:1 |
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour [is] not comely for a fool.
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| 26:2 |
As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.
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| 26:3 |
A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
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| 26:4 |
Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him -- even thou.
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| 26:5 |
Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
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| 26:6 |
He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.
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| 26:7 |
Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.
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| 26:8 |
As one who is binding a stone in a sling, So [is] he who is giving honour to a fool.
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| 26:9 |
A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.
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| 26:10 |
Great [is] the Former of all, And He is rewarding a fool, And is rewarding transgressors.
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| 26:11 |
As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.
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| 26:12 |
Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!
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| 26:13 |
The slothful hath said, `A lion [is] in the way, A lion [is] in the broad places.'
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| 26:14 |
The door turneth round on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed.
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| 26:15 |
The slothful hath hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth.
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| 26:16 |
Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven [men] returning a reason.
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| 26:17 |
Laying hold on the ears of a dog, [Is] a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.
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| 26:18 |
As [one] pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,
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| 26:19 |
So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, `Am not I playing?'
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| 26:20 |
Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,
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| 26:21 |
Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.
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| 26:22 |
The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.
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| 26:23 |
Silver of dross spread over potsherd, [Are] burning lips and an evil heart.
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| 26:24 |
By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit,
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| 26:25 |
When his voice is gracious trust not in him, For seven abominations [are] in his heart.
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| 26:26 |
Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly.
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| 26:27 |
Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.
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| 26:28 |
A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!
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