CPDV - Proverbs - 26

26:1  In the manner of snow in the summer, and rain at the harvest, so also is glory unfit for the foolish.

26:2  Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away.

26:3  A whip is for a horse, and a muzzle is for donkey, and a rod is for the back of the imprudent.

26:4  Do not respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest you become like him.

26:5  Respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.

26:6  Whoever sends words by a foolish messenger has lame feet and drinks iniquity.

26:7  In the manner of a lame man who has beautiful legs to no purpose, so also is a parable unfit for the mouth of the foolish.

26:8  Just like one who casts a stone into the pile of Mercury, so also is he who gives honor to the foolish.

26:9  In the manner of a thorn, if it were to spring up from the hand of a drunkard, so also is a parable in the mouth of the foolish.

26:10  Judgment determines cases. And whoever imposes silence on the foolish mitigates anger.

26:11  Like a dog that returns to his vomit, so also is the imprudent who repeats his foolishness.

26:12  Have you seen a man who seems wise to himself? There will be greater hope held for the unwise than for him.

26:13  The lazy one says, “There is a lion along the way, and a lioness in the roads.”

26:14  Just as a door turns upon its hinges, so also does the lazy one turn upon his bed.

26:15  The lazy one conceals his hand under his arms, and it is a labor for him to move it to his mouth.

26:16  The lazy one seems wiser to himself than seven men speaking judgments.

26:17  Just like one who takes hold of a dog by the ears, so also is he who crosses impatiently and meddles in the quarrels of another.

26:18  Just as he is guilty who let loose the arrows and the lances unto death,

26:19  so also is the man who harms his friend by deceitfulness. And when he has been apprehended, he says, “I did it jokingly.”

26:20  When the wood fails, the fire will be extinguished. And when the gossiper is taken away, conflicts will be quelled.

26:21  Just as charcoals are to burning coals, and wood is to fire, so also is an angry man who stirs up quarrels.

26:22  The words of a whisperer seem simple, but they penetrate to the innermost parts of the self.

26:23  In the same manner as an earthen vessel, if it were adorned with impure silver, conceited lips are allied with a wicked heart.

26:24  An enemy is known by his lips, though it is from his heart that he draws out deceit.

26:25  When he will have lowered his voice, do not believe him, for there are seven vices in his heart.

26:26  Whoever covers hatred with deceit, his malice shall be revealed in the assembly.

26:27  Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. And whoever rolls a stone, it will roll back to him.

26:28  A false tongue does not love truth. And a slippery mouth works ruin.