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26:1  Like snow in summer, like rain in harvest, honor for a fool is out of place.
26:2  Like the sparrow in its flitting, like the swallow in its flight, a curse uncalled-for never lands.
26:3  The whip for the horse, the bridle for the ass, and the rod for the back of fools.
26:4  Do not answer fools according to their folly, lest you too become like them.
26:5  Answer fools according to their folly, lest they become wise in their own eyes.
26:6  Those who send messages by a fool cut off their feet; they drink down violence.
26:7  A proverb in the mouth of a fool hangs limp, like crippled legs.
26:8  Giving honor to a fool is like entangling a stone in the sling.
26:9  A thorn stuck in the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
26:10  An archer wounding all who pass by is anyone who hires a drunken fool.
26:11  As dogs return to their vomit, so fools repeat their folly.
26:12  You see those who are wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for fools than for them.
26:13  The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the street, a lion in the middle of the square!”
26:14  The door turns on its hinges and sluggards, on their beds.
26:15  The sluggard buries a hand in the dish, too weary to lift it to the mouth.
26:16  In their own eyes sluggards are wiser than seven who answer with good judgment.
26:17  Whoever meddles in the quarrel of another is one who grabs a passing dog by the ears.
26:18  Like a crazed archer scattering firebrands and deadly arrows,
26:19  Such are those who deceive their neighbor, and then say, “I was only joking.”
26:20  Without wood the fire dies out; without a talebearer strife subsides.
26:21  Charcoal for coals, wood for fire— such are the quarrelsome, enkindling strife.
26:22  The words of a talebearer are like dainty morsels: they sink into one’s inmost being.
26:23  Like a glazed finish on earthenware are smooth lips and a wicked heart.
26:24  With their lips enemies pretend, but inwardly they maintain deceit;
26:25  When they speak graciously, do not trust them, for seven abominations are in their hearts.
26:26  Hatred can be concealed by pretense, but malice will be revealed in the assembly.
26:27  Whoever digs a pit falls into it; and a stone comes back upon the one who rolls it.
26:28  The lying tongue is its owner’s enemy, and the flattering mouth works ruin.