2.5 KiB
Chapter 26
- Honor is no more associated with fools
than snow with summer or rain with harvest.
- Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,
an undeserved curse will not land on its intended victim.
- Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle,
and a fool with a rod to his back!
- Don't answer the foolish arguments of fools,
or you will become as foolish as they are.
- Be sure to answer the foolish arguments of fools,
or they will become wise in their own estimation.
- Trusting a fool to convey a message
is like cutting off one's feet or drinking poison!
- A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is as useless as a paralyzed leg.
- Honoring a fool
is as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot.
- A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is like a thorny branch brandished by a drunk.
- An employer who hires a fool or a bystander
is like an archer who shoots at random.
- As a dog returns to its vomit,
so a fool repeats his foolishness.
- There is more hope for fools
than for people who think they are wise.
- The lazy person claims, "There's a lion on the road!
Yes, I'm sure there's a lion out there!"
- As a door swings back and forth on its hinges,
so the lazy person turns over in bed.
- Lazy people take food in their hand
but don't even lift it to their mouth.
- Lazy people consider themselves smarter
than seven wise counselors.
- Interfering in someone else's argument
is as foolish as yanking a dog's ears.
- Just as damaging
as a madman shooting a deadly weapon
- is someone who lies to a friend
and then says, "I was only joking."
- Fire goes out without wood,
and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.
- A quarrelsome person starts fights
as easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood.
- Rumors are dainty morsels
that sink deep into one's heart.
- Smooth words may hide a wicked heart,
just as a pretty glaze covers a clay pot.
- People may cover their hatred with pleasant words,
but they're deceiving you.
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They pretend to be kind, but don't believe them. Their hearts are full of many evils.
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While their hatred may be concealed by trickery,
their wrongdoing will be exposed in public.
- If you set a trap for others,
you will get caught in it yourself.
If you roll a boulder down on others,
it will crush you instead.
- A lying tongue hates its victims,
and flattering words cause ruin.