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• 26:1Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest, / So honor is not fitting for a fool. Compare
• 26:2Like the sparrow in its fluttering, like the swallow in its flying, / So a curse without cause does not alight. Compare
• 26:3A whip for the horse! A bridle for the donkey! / And a rod for the back of fools! Compare
• 26:4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, / Lest you also be like him. Compare
• 26:5Answer a fool according to his folly, / Lest he be wise in his own eyes. Compare
• 26:6He who sends a message by the hand of a fool / Cuts off his own feet and drinks violence. Compare
• 26:7Like the legs of the lame which hang down, / So is a proverb in the mouth of fools. Compare
• 26:8Like one who binds a stone in a sling, / So is he who gives honor to a fool. Compare
• 26:9Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, / So is a proverb in the mouth of fools. Compare
• 26:10Like an archer who wounds everyone, / So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by. Compare
• 26:11Like a dog that returns to its vomit / Is a fool who repeats his folly. Compare
• 26:12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? / There is more hope for a fool than for him. Compare
• 26:13The sluggard says, There is a roaring lion on the way; / A lion is in the streets! Compare
• 26:14As the door turns upon its hinges, / So does the sluggard upon his bed. Compare
• 26:15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; / He gets weary by bringing it to his mouth again. Compare
• 26:16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes / Than seven men who can answer discreetly. Compare
• 26:17He who passes by and meddles with strife that does not belong to him, / Is like one who takes a dog by the ears. Compare
• 26:18Like a madman who shoots firebrands, arrows, and death, Compare
• 26:19So is the man who deceives his neighbor, / And says, Was I not joking? Compare
• 26:20For lack of wood the fire goes out, / And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down. Compare
• 26:21As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, / So is a contentious man to kindle strife. Compare
• 26:22The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, / And they go down into the innermost parts of one's being. Compare
• 26:23Burning lips and a wicked heart / Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross. Compare
• 26:24He who hates disguises it with his lips, / But he lays up deceit within him; Compare
• 26:25When he speaks graciously, do not believe him; / For there are seven abominations in his heart; Compare
• 26:26Though his hatred covers itself with guile, / His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly. Compare
• 26:27Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, / And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him. Compare
• 26:28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, / And a flattering mouth works ruin. Compare

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