26:1 We no more give honors to fools than pray for snow in summer or rain during harvest.
26:2 You have as little to fear from an undeserved curse as from the dart of a wren or the swoop of a swallow.
26:3 A whip for the racehorse, a tiller for the sailboat— and a stick for the back of fools!
26:4 Don’t respond to the stupidity of a fool; you’ll only look foolish yourself.
26:5 Answer a fool in simple terms so he doesn’t get a swelled head.
26:6 You’re only asking for trouble when you send a message by a fool.
26:7 A proverb quoted by fools is limp as a wet noodle.
26:8 Putting a fool in a place of honor is like setting a mud brick on a marble column.
26:9 To ask a moron to quote a proverb is like putting a scalpel in the hands of a drunk.
26:10 Hire a fool or a drunk and you shoot yourself in the foot.
26:11 As a dog eats its own vomit, so fools recycle silliness.
26:12 See that man who thinks he’s so smart? You can expect far more from a fool than from him.
26:13 Loafers say, “It’s dangerous out there! Tigers are prowling the streets!” and then pull the covers back over their heads.
26:14 Just as a door turns on its hinges, so a lazybones turns back over in bed.
26:15 A shiftless sluggard puts his fork in the pie, but is too lazy to lift it to his mouth.
26:16 Dreamers fantasize their self-importance; they think they are smarter than a whole college faculty.
26:17 You grab a mad dog by the ears when you butt into a quarrel that’s none of your business.
26:18 People who shrug off deliberate deceptions, saying, “I didn’t mean it, I was only joking,” Are worse than careless campers who walk away from smoldering campfires.
26:19 People who shrug off deliberate deceptions, saying, “I didn’t mean it, I was only joking,” Are worse than careless campers who walk away from smoldering campfires.
26:20 When you run out of wood, the fire goes out; when the gossip ends, the quarrel dies down.
26:21 A quarrelsome person in a dispute is like kerosene thrown on a fire.
26:22 Listening to gossip is like eating cheap candy; do you want junk like that in your belly?
26:23 Smooth talk from an evil heart is like glaze on cracked pottery.
26:24 Your enemy shakes hands and greets you like an old friend, all the while plotting against you. When he speaks warmly to you, don’t believe him for a minute; he’s just waiting for the chance to rip you off. No matter how shrewdly he conceals his malice, eventually his evil will be exposed in public.
26:25 Your enemy shakes hands and greets you like an old friend, all the while plotting against you. When he speaks warmly to you, don’t believe him for a minute; he’s just waiting for the chance to rip you off. No matter how shrewdly he conceals his malice, eventually his evil will be exposed in public.
26:26 Your enemy shakes hands and greets you like an old friend, all the while plotting against you. When he speaks warmly to you, don’t believe him for a minute; he’s just waiting for the chance to rip you off. No matter how shrewdly he conceals his malice, eventually his evil will be exposed in public.
26:28 Liars hate their victims; flatterers sabotage trust.
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