{"id":2283,"date":"2015-11-09T18:03:05","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T18:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.al-kitab.org\/4books\/?page_id=2283"},"modified":"2026-03-08T23:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T23:15:16","slug":"proverbs-26","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/al-kitab.org\/4books\/?page_id=2283","title":{"rendered":"Proverbs 26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,
So honour is not fitting for a fool.
2<\/sup>Like a fluttering sparrow,
Like a darting swallow,
So the undeserved curse does not come to rest.
3<\/sup>A whip for the horse,
A bridle for the donkey,
And a rod for the back of fools!
4<\/sup>Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest you also be like him.
5<\/sup>Answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
6<\/sup>One who sends a message by the hand of a fool
Is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
7<\/sup>Like the legs of the lame that hang loose:
So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
8<\/sup>As one who binds a stone in a sling,
So is he who gives honour to a fool.
9<\/sup>Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard,
So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
10<\/sup>As an archer who wounds all,
So is he who hires a fool
Or he who hires those who pass by.
11<\/sup>As\u00a0a dog returns to its vomit,1<\/a><\/sup>
So a fool repeats his folly.
12<\/sup>Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13<\/sup>The sluggard says,\u00a0“<\/em>There is a lion in the road!
A fierce lion roams the streets!”
14<\/sup>As the door turns on its hinges,
So does the sluggard on his bed.
15<\/sup>The sluggard buries his hand in the dish.
He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16<\/sup>The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who answer with discretion.
17<\/sup>Like one who grabs a dog’s ears
Is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18<\/sup>Like a madman who shoots firebrands, arrows, and death,
19<\/sup>Is the man who deceives his neighbour and says,\u00a0“<\/em>Am I not joking?”
20<\/sup>For lack of wood a fire goes out;
Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
21<\/sup>As coals are to hot embers,
And wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to kindling strife.
22<\/sup>The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,
They go down into the innermost parts.
23<\/sup>Like silver dross on an earthen vessel
Are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
24<\/sup>A malicious man disguises himself with his lips,
But he harbours evil in his heart.
25<\/sup>When his speech is charming, do not believe him;
For there are seven abominations in his heart:
26<\/sup>His malice may be concealed by deception,
But his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27<\/sup>Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it.
Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
28<\/sup>A lying tongue hates those it hurts;
And a flattering mouth works ruin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. 26:11 Quoted in the\u00a0Injil\u00a0<\/em>in\u00a02 Peter 2:22, which says, “But it has happened to them according to the true proverb, ‘A dog returns to its vomit<\/em>,’ and ‘the sow that had washed returns to wallowing in the mire.'” \u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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