en_cjb - Pro 26 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ Like snow in summer or rain at harvest-time, so honor for a fool is out of place.

² Like a fluttering sparrow or a flying swallow, an undeserved curse will come home to roost.

³ A whip for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.

⁴ Don’t answer a fool in terms of his folly, or you will be descending to his level;

⁵ but answer a fool as his folly deserves, so that he won’t think he is wise.

⁶ Telling a message to a fool and sending him out is like cutting off one’s feet and drinking violence.

⁷ The legs of the disabled hang limp and useless; likewise a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

⁸ Like one who ties his stone to the sling is he who gives honor to a fool.

⁹ Like a thorn branch in the hand of a drunk is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

¹⁰ A master can make anything, but hiring a fool is like hiring some passer-by.

¹¹ Just as a dog returns to his vomit, a fool repeats his folly.

¹² Do you see someone who thinks himself wise? There is more hope for a fool than for him!

¹³ The lazy person says, “There’s a lion in the streets! A lion is roaming loose out there!”

¹⁴ The door turns on its hinges, and the lazy man on his bed.

¹⁵ The lazy person buries his hand in the dish but is too tired to return it to his mouth.

¹⁶ A lazy man is wiser in his own view than seven who can answer with sense.

¹⁷ Like someone who grabs a dog by the ears is a passer-by who mixes in a fight not his own.

¹⁸ Like a madman shooting deadly arrows and firebrands

¹⁹ is one who deceives another, then says, “It was just a joke.”

²⁰ If there’s no wood, the fire goes out; if nobody gossips, contention stops.

²¹ As coals are to embers and wood to fire is a quarrelsome person to kindling strife.

²² A slanderer’s words are tasty morsels; they slide right down into the belly.

²³ Like silver slag overlaid on a clay pot are lips that burn [with friendship] over a hating heart.

²⁴ He who hates may hide it with his speech; but inside, he harbors deceit.

²⁵ He may speak pleasantly, but don’t trust him; for seven abominations are in his heart.

²⁶ His hatred may be concealed by deceit, but his wickedness will be revealed in the assembly.

²⁷ Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on the one who starts it rolling.

²⁸ A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.