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26:1  Like snow in the summer or rain at harvest, so honor isn’t appropriate for a fool.
26:2  Like a darting sparrow, like a flying swallow, so an undeserved curse never arrives.
26:3  A whip for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
26:4  Don’t answer fools according to their folly, or you will become like them yourself.
26:5  Answer fools according to their folly, or they will deem themselves wise.
26:6  Sending messages with a fool is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking down violence.
26:7  As legs dangle from a disabled person, so does a proverb in the mouth of fools.
26:8  Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving respect to a fool.
26:9  Like a thorny bush in the hand of a drunk, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
26:10  Like an archer who wounds someone randomly, so is one who hires a fool or a passerby.
26:11  Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats foolish mistakes.
26:12  Do you see people who consider themselves wise? There is more hope for a fool than for them.
26:13  A lazy person says, “There’s a lion in the path! A lion in the plazas!”
26:14  As a door turns on its hinge, so do lazy people in their beds.
26:15  Lazy people bury their hand into the bowl, too tired to return it to their mouth.
26:16  Lazy people think they are wiser than seven people who answer sensibly.
26:17  Like yanking the ears of a dog, so is one who passes by and gets involved in another person’s fight.
26:18  Like a crazy person shooting deadly flaming arrows
26:19  are those who deceive their neighbor and say, “Hey, I was only joking!”
26:20  Without wood a fire goes out; without gossips, conflict calms down.
26:21  Like adding charcoal to embers or wood to fire, quarrelsome people kindle strife.
26:22  The words of gossips are like choice snacks; they go down to the inmost parts.
26:23  Smooth lips and an evil heart are like silver coating on clay.
26:24  Hateful people mislead with their lips, keeping their deception within.
26:25  Though they speak graciously, don’t believe them, for seven horrible things are in their heart.
26:26  They may cover their hatred with trickery, but their evil will be revealed in public.
26:27  Those who dig a pit will fall in it; those who roll a stone will have it turn back on them.
26:28  A lying tongue hates those it crushes; a flattering mouth causes destruction.