Proverbs 26 — ENGLXXUP

26 As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, ² As birds and sparrows fly, ³ As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, ⁴ Answer not a fool according to his folly, ⁵ Yet answer a fool according to his folly, ⁶ He that sends a message by a foolish messenger ⁷ As well take away the motion of the legs, ⁸ He that binds up a stone in a sling, ⁹ Thorns grow in the hand of a drunkard, ¹⁰ All the flesh of fools endures much hardship; ¹¹ As when a dog goes to his own vomit, and becomes abominable, ¹² I have seen a man who seemed to himself to be wise; ¹³ A sluggard when sent on a journey says, ¹⁴ As a door turns on the hinge, ¹⁵ A sluggard having hidden his hand in his bosom, ¹⁶ A sluggard seems to himself wiser ¹⁷ As he that lays hold of a dog’s tail, ¹⁸ As those who need correction put forth fair words to men, ¹⁹ So are all that lay wait for their own friends, ²⁰ With much wood fire increases; ²¹ A hearth for coals, and wood for fire; ²² The words of cunning knaves are soft; ²³ Silver dishonestly given is to be considered as a potsherd: ²⁴ A weeping enemy promises all things with his lips, ²⁵ Though thine enemy entreat thee with a loud voice, consent not: ²⁶ He that hides enmity frames deceit: but being easily discerned, ²⁷ He that digs a pit for his neighbor shall fall into it: ²⁸ A lying tongue hates the truth;