Similitudes and Instructions
Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, Pro 19:10Pro 28:161Sa 12:17-18Est 4:6Psa 12:8Psa 15:4Ecc 10:5-7Est 3:1-15
honor does not befit a fool.
Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, Num 23:8Neh 13:2Psa 109:282Sa 16:12Deu 23:4-51Sa 17:43Pro 27:81Sa 14:28-29
an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, Pro 10:131Co 4:21Psa 32:92Co 10:62Co 13:2Jdg 8:5-7Pro 17:10Pro 19:25
and a rod for the backs of fools!
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Pro 26:51Pe 3:9Jud 1:91Ki 12:14Pro 17:141Ki 12:162Sa 19:41-43Jdg 12:1-6
or you yourself will be like him.
Answer a fool according to his folly, Rom 12:16Mat 16:1-4Pro 3:7Jhn 8:7Jhn 9:26-33Luk 12:13-21Mat 21:23-27Pro 26:12
lest he become wise in his own eyes.
Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence Pro 10:26Pro 25:13Pro 13:17Num 13:31
is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
Like lame legs hanging limp Pro 26:9Pro 17:7Psa 64:8Mat 7:4-5Psa 50:16-21Luk 4:23
is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Like binding a stone into a sling Pro 26:1Pro 30:22Pro 19:10
is the giving of honor to a fool.
Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard Pro 23:35
is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Like an archer who wounds at random Pro 11:31Rom 2:6
is he who hires a fool or passerby.
As a dog returns to its vomit, 1 2Pe 2:22Mat 12:45Exo 8:15
so a fool repeats his folly.
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? 1Co 3:18-19Pro 29:20Pro 26:5Pro 28:11Rom 12:16Rev 3:17Luk 18:11Mat 21:31
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! Pro 22:13Pro 19:15Pro 15:19
A fierce lion roams the public square!”
As a door turns on its hinges, Heb 6:12Pro 12:24Pro 12:27Pro 24:33Pro 6:9-10
so the slacker turns on his bed.
The slacker buries his hand in the dish; Pro 19:24
it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
The slacker is wiser in his own eyes 1Pe 3:15Pro 26:12Pro 12:15
than seven men who answer discreetly.
Like one who grabs a dog by the ears Pro 20:32Ti 2:23-24Pro 18:6Luk 12:14Pro 17:11
is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
Like a madman shooting firebrands Pro 25:18Isa 50:11Pro 7:23Gen 49:23
and deadly arrows,
so is the man who deceives his neighbor Eph 5:4Pro 10:23Pro 14:9Pro 15:212Pe 2:13
and says, “I was only joking!”
Without wood, a fire goes out; Pro 16:28Jas 3:6Pro 22:10Pro 26:22
without gossip, a conflict ceases.
Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, Pro 15:18Pro 29:222Sa 20:11Ki 12:2-31Ki 12:20Pro 10:12Pro 30:33Psa 120:4
so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels Pro 18:8Pro 20:19Ezk 22:9
that go down into the inmost being.
Like glaze covering an earthen vessel Luk 22:47-48Luk 11:39Pro 10:18Ezk 33:31Mat 23:27Pro 25:42Sa 20:9-10
are burning 2lips and a wicked heart. A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, Pro 12:20Pro 10:18Psa 41:6Pro 12:17Pro 12:5Pro 14:8Pro 11:1
but he lays up deceit in his heart.
When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, Pro 6:16-19Jer 12:6Psa 28:3Jer 9:2-8Psa 12:2Mat 24:23Mic 7:5
for seven abominations fill his heart.
Though his hatred is concealed by deception, Psa 55:21-231Sa 18:171Sa 18:212Sa 13:22-282Sa 3:27-30Gen 4:8
his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
He who digs a pit will fall into it, Pro 28:10Psa 9:15Psa 7:15-16Psa 10:2Ecc 10:8Psa 57:6Est 7:10
and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, Jhn 8:44-49Luk 20:20-21Jhn 10:32-33Pro 29:5Pro 6:24Pro 7:21-23Pro 7:5Jhn 15:22-24
and a flattering mouth causes ruin.