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proverbs 26

1 - Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,so honor is not fitting for a fool.
2 - Like a fluttering sparrow,like a darting swallow,so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest.
3 - A whip is for the horse,a bridle for the donkey,and a rod for the back of fools!
4 - Don't answer a fool according to his folly,lest you also be like him.
5 - Answer a fool according to his folly,lest he be wise in his own eyes.
6 - One who sends a message by the hand of a foolis cutting off feet and drinking violence.
7 - Like the legs of the lame that hang loose,so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
8 - As one who binds a stone in a sling,so is he who gives honor to a fool.
9 - Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard,so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
10 - As an archer who wounds all,so is he who hires a foolor he who hires those who pass by.
11 - As a dog that returns to his vomit,so is a fool who repeats his folly.
12 - Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13 - The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road!A fierce lion roams the streets!"
14 - As the door turns on its hinges,so does the sluggard on his bed.
15 - The sluggard buries his hand in the dish.He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16 - The sluggard is wiser in his own eyesthan seven men who answer with discretion.
17 - Like one who grabs a dog's earsis one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18 - Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
19 - is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?"
20 - For lack of wood a fire goes out.Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
21 - As coals are to hot embers,and wood to fire,so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
22 - The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,they go down into the innermost parts.
23 - Like silver dross on an earthen vesselare the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
24 - A malicious man disguises himself with his lips,but he harbors evil in his heart.
25 - When his speech is charming, don't believe him;for there are seven abominations in his heart.
26 - His malice may be concealed by deception,but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27 - Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it.Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
28 - A lying tongue hates those it hurts;and a flattering mouth works ruin.

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