Proverbs 26 — LXXSA
26Verse 1As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, so honor is not seemly for a fool.Verse 2As birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon any one without a cause.Verse 3As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, so is a rod for a simple nation.Verse 4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you become like him.Verse 5Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit.Verse 6He that sends a message by a foolish messenger procures for himself a reproach from his own ways.Verse 7As well take away the motion of the legs, as transgression from the mouth of fools.Verse 8He that binds up a stone in a sling, is like one that gives glory to a fool.Verse 9Thorns+grow in the hand of a drunkard, and servitude in the hand of fools.Verse 10+All the flesh of fools endures much hardship; for their fury is brought to nothing.Verse 11As when a dog goes to his own vomit, and becomes abominable, so is fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin. [There is a shame that brings sin: and there is a shame that is glory and grace.]Verse 12I have seen a man who seemed+to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he.Verse 13A sluggard when sent on a journey says, There is a lion in the ways, and there are murderers in the streets.Verse 14As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed.Verse 15A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth.Verse 16A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who+most satisfactorily brings back a message.Verse 17As he that lays hold of a dog's tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another's cause.Verse 18As those who need correction put forth fair words to men, and he that first falls in with the proposal will be overthrown;Verse 19so are all that lay wait for their own friends, and when they are revealed, say, I did it in jest.Verse 20With much wood fire increases; but where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases.Verse 21A hearth for coals, and wood for fire; and railing man for the tumult of strife.Verse 22The words of cunning knaves are soft; but they strike even to the inmost parts of the bowels.Verse 23Silver dishonestly given is to be considered as a potsherd: smooth lips cover a grievous heart.Verse 24A weeping enemy promises all things with his lips, but in his heart he contrives deceit.Verse 25Though your enemy entreat you with a loud voice, consent not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.Verse 26He that hides enmity frames deceit: but being easily discerned, exposes his own sins in the public assemblies.Verse 27He that digs a pit for his neighbor shall fall into it: and he that rolls a stone, rolls it upon himself.Verse 28A lying tongue hates the truth; and an unguarded mouth causes tumults.