56 lines
2.4 KiB
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56 lines
2.4 KiB
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# Chapter 26
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1 Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,
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so honor is not fitting for a fool.
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2 Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
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a curse that is causeless does not alight.
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3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
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and a rod for the back of fools.
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4 Answer not a fool according to his folly,
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lest you be like him yourself.
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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 Whoever 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 a lame man's legs, which hang useless,
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is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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8 Like one who binds the stone in the sling
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is one who gives honor to a fool.
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9 Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard
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is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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10 Like an archer who wounds everyone
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is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.
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11 Like a dog that returns to his vomit
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is a fool who repeats his folly.
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12 Do you see a man who is 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 sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
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There is a lion in the streets!”
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14 As a door turns on its hinges,
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so does a sluggard on his bed.
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15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
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it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
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16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
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than seven men who can answer sensibly.
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17 Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own
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is like one who takes a passing 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 am only joking!”
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20 For lack of wood the fire goes out,
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and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
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21 As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
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so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
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22 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
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they go down into the inner parts of the body.
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23 Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel
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are fervent lips with an evil heart.
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24 Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips
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and harbors deceit in his heart;
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25 when he speaks graciously, believe him not,
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for there are seven abominations in his heart;
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26 though his hatred be covered with deception,
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his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
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27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
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and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.
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28 A lying tongue hates its victims,
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and a flattering mouth works ruin. |