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26:1  Like snow in summer or rain at harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
26:2  Like a fluttering sparrow or a flying swallow, so an undeserved curse does not land.
26:3  A whip for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
26:4  Do not answer a fool according to his folly, else you also will be like him.
26:5  Answer a fool according to his folly, else he will be wise in his own eyes.
26:6  Like cutting off one’s feet or drinking violence is sending a message by a fool’s hand.
26:7  Like a lame man’s legs that hang limp, so is a proverb in a fool’s mouth.
26:8  Like tying a stone into a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.
26:9  Like a thorn bush in a drunkard’s hand is a proverb in a fool’s mouth.
26:10  Like an archer who wounds at random is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.
26:11  Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
26:12  Do you see one wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than him.
26:13  A slacker says, “There’s a lion on the road! A lion is in the streets!”
26:14  As a door turns on its hinges so a slacker turns on his bed.
26:15  The slacker plunges his hand in the dish— he is too tired to bring it back to his mouth.
26:16  A slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer sensibly.
26:17  Like one who takes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
26:18  Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows
26:19  so is one who deceives his friend, and says, “I was only joking.”
26:20  Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip quarrels cease.
26:21  As coals are to embers and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindling strife.
26:22  A gossip’s words are like tasty morsels— they slide down into the innermost parts of the body.
26:23  Like silver glaze overlaying earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.
26:24  One who hates, disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him.
26:25  When he speaks favorably, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
26:26  Though his hatred may be concealed by deceit, his evil will be exposed before the assembly.
26:27  Whoever digs a pit will fall in it, and whoever rolls a stone—it will come back upon him.
26:28  A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.