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