Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, Pro 19:10Pro 28:161Sa 12:17-18Est 4:6Psa 12:8Psa 15:4Ecc 10:5-7Est 3:1-15
so honor is not fitting for a fool.
Like a fluttering sparrow, Num 23:8Neh 13:2Psa 109:282Sa 16:12Deu 23:4-51Sa 17:43Pro 27:81Sa 14:28-29
like a darting swallow,
so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.
A whip is for the horse, Pro 10:131Co 4:21Psa 32:92Co 10:62Co 13:2Jdg 8:5-7Pro 17:10Pro 19:25
a bridle for the donkey,
and a rod for the back of fools!
Don’t 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
lest you also 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 be wise in his own eyes.
One who sends a message by the hand of a fool Pro 10:26Pro 25:13Pro 13:17Num 13:31
is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, Pro 26:9Pro 17:7Psa 64:8Mat 7:4-5Psa 50:16-21Luk 4:23
so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
As one who binds a stone in a sling, Pro 26:1Pro 30:22Pro 19:10
so is he who gives honor to a fool.
Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, Pro 23:35
so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
As an archer who wounds all, Pro 11:31Rom 2:6
so is he who hires a fool
or he who hires those who pass by.
As a dog that returns to his vomit, 2Pe 2:22Mat 12:45Exo 8:15
so is a fool who repeats his folly.
Do you see a man 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 sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! Pro 22:13Pro 19:15Pro 15:19
A fierce lion roams the streets!”
As the door turns on its hinges, Heb 6:12Pro 12:24Pro 12:27Pro 24:33Pro 6:9-10
so does the sluggard on his bed.
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. Pro 19:24
He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes 1Pe 3:15Pro 26:12Pro 12:15
than seven men who answer with discretion.
Like one who grabs a dog’s ears Pro 20:32Ti 2:23-24Pro 18:6Luk 12:14Pro 17:11
is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death, Pro 25:18Isa 50:11Pro 7:23Gen 49:23
is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?” Eph 5:4Pro 10:23Pro 14:9Pro 15:212Pe 2:13
For lack of wood a fire goes out. Pro 16:28Jas 3:6Pro 22:10Pro 26:22
Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
As coals are to hot embers, Pro 15:18Pro 29:222Sa 20:11Ki 12:2-31Ki 12:20Pro 10:12Pro 30:33Psa 120:4
and wood to fire,
so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, Pro 18:8Pro 20:19Ezk 22:9
they go down into the innermost parts.
Like silver dross on an earthen vessel Luk 22:47-48Luk 11:39Pro 10:18Ezk 33:31Mat 23:27Pro 25:42Sa 20:9-10
are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, Pro 12:20Pro 10:18Psa 41:6Pro 12:17Pro 12:5Pro 14:8Pro 11:1
but he harbors evil in his heart.
When his speech is charming, don’t believe him, Pro 6:16-19Jer 12:6Psa 28:3Jer 9:2-8Psa 12:2Mat 24:23Mic 7:5
for there are seven abominations in his heart.
His malice may be concealed by deception, Psa 55:21-231Sa 18:171Sa 18:212Sa 13:22-282Sa 3:27-30Gen 4:8
but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Pro 28:10Psa 9:15Psa 7:15-16Psa 10:2Ecc 10:8Psa 57:6Est 7:10
Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
A lying tongue hates those it hurts; 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 works ruin.