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# Proverbs 26 (New King James Version)
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Honor Is Not Fitting for a Fool
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##### Chapter 26
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###### 1 As snow in summer and rain in harvest,
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So honor is not fitting for a fool.
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###### 2 Like a flitting sparrow, like a flying swallow,
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So a curse without cause shall not alight.
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###### 3 A whip for the horse,
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A bridle for the donkey,
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And a rod for the fool's back.
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###### 4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
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Lest you also be like him.
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###### 5 Answer a fool according to his folly,
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Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
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###### 6 He who sends a message by the hand of a fool
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Cuts off _his own_ feet _and_ drinks violence.
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###### 7 _Like_ the legs of the lame that hang limp
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_Is_ a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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###### 8 Like one who binds a stone in a sling
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_Is_ he who gives honor to a fool.
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###### 9 _Like_ a thorn _that_ goes into the hand of a drunkard
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_Is_ a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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###### 10 The great _God_ who formed everything
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Gives the fool _his_ hire and the transgressor _his_ wages.
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###### 11 As a dog returns to his own vomit,
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_So_ a fool repeats his folly.
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###### 12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
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_There is_ more hope for a fool than for him.
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###### 13 The lazy _man_ says, "_There is_ a lion in the road!
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A fierce lion _is_ in the streets!"
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###### 14 _As_ a door turns on its hinges,
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So _does_ the lazy _man_ on his bed.
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###### 15 The lazy _man_ buries his hand in the bowl;
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It wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
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###### 16 The lazy _man is_ wiser in his own eyes
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Than seven men who can answer sensibly.
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###### 17 He who passes by _and_ meddles in a quarrel not his own
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_Is like_ one who takes a dog by the ears.
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###### 18 Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,
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###### 19 _Is_ the man _who_ deceives his neighbor,
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And says, "I was only joking!"
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###### 20 Where _there is_ no wood, the fire goes out;
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And where _there is_ no talebearer, strife ceases.
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###### 21 _As_ charcoal _is_ to burning coals, and wood to fire,
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So _is_ a contentious man to kindle strife.
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###### 22 The words of a talebearer _are_ like tasty trifles,
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And they go down into the inmost body.
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###### 23 Fervent lips with a wicked heart
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_Are like_ earthenware covered with silver dross.
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###### 24 He who hates, disguises _it_ with his lips,
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And lays up deceit within himself;
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###### 25 When he speaks kindly, do not believe him,
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For _there are_ seven abominations in his heart;
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###### 26 _Though his_ hatred is covered by deceit,
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His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.
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###### 27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
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And he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
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###### 28 A lying tongue hates _those who are_ crushed by it,
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And a flattering mouth works ruin.
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