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26:1  Like snow in summer and like rain and harvest, so is honor unbecoming for a fool.
26:2  Like a bird and a flying creature in the air, so an empty curse wanders.
26:3  A whip for a horse and a goad for a donkey, so also is a rod for the fool.
26:4  Do not give answer to a fool according to his foolishness, lest you also be like him.
26:5  But speak with a fool according to your wisdom lest he think in his soul that he is wise.
26:6  He that sends a message by the hand of a fool is asking for trouble.
26:7  If you make a cripple walk, you may take the word of a fool.
26:8  Like a stone in a sling, so is he that praises a fool.
26:9  Thorns are sprung up in the hand of a drunkard and madness in the mouth of the fool.
26:10  The flesh of the fool suffers much and a drunkard crosses the sea.
26:11  Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so is a fool that is insane in his foolishness.
26:12  If you have seen a man that is wise in his own eyes, a fool is more useful than he.
26:13  Whenever a lazy man is sent, he says, “A lion is in the road”; “a lion is in the midst of the streets.”
26:14  Like a door that swings around on its hinges, so the lazy man turns on his bed.
26:15  The lazy one that hides his hands in his chest will labor to bring them to his mouth.
26:16  The lazy one is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who make sense.
26:17  He that meddles in a case that is not his is like he that takes a dog by its ears.
26:18  Just as a braggart casts words like sharp arrows of death
26:19  So is the man that deceives his neighbor, and when it is known, says, “I was just joking.”
26:20  When there is no wood, the fire is extinguished, and where there is no troublemaker, strife ceases.
26:21  A gridiron for coals and wood for fire, and a malicious man provokes dispute.
26:22  The words of the malicious stir up strife and they go down to the inner chambers of the heart.
26:23  Like tried silver plated over a clay vessel, so are fiery lips and an evil heart.
26:24  By his lips a hateful man is known, and he plots an ambush within him.
26:25  And if he makes his voice gentle, do not believe him, because seven evils are within him.
26:26  The evil of him that hides hatred in his heart will be revealed in the assembly.
26:27  He that digs a ditch will fall into it, and he that rolls a stone, it will return upon him.
26:28  A lying tongue hates the truth and the malicious mouth works trouble.