Pro 26 | NASB1995 | STEP | Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest , So honor is not fitting for a fool .

Proverbs 26

Similitudes, Instructions

1 Like snow in summer and like ^arain in harvest,
So honor is not ^bfitting for a fool.
2 Like a ^csparrow in its ^{▼▼ Lit wandering}flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
So a ^ecurse without cause does not ^{▼▼ Lit come}alight.
3 A ^gwhip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
And a ^hrod for the back of fools.
4 ⁱDo not answer a fool according to his folly,
Or you will also be like him.
5 ^jAnswer a fool as his folly deserves,
That he not be ^kwise in his own eyes.
6 He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence
Who sends a message by the hand of a fool.
7 Like the legs which ^{▼▼ Lit hang down from}are useless to the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8 Like ^{▼▼ Lit the binding of}one who binds a stone in a sling,
So is he who gives honor to a fool.
9 Like a thorn which ^{▼▼ Lit goes up}falls into the hand of a drunkard,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10 ^{▼▼ Or A master workman produces all things, But he who hires a fool is like one who hires those who pass by} Like an archer who wounds everyone,
So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.
11 Like ^pa dog that returns to its vomit
Is a fool who ^qrepeats ^{▼▼ Lit with his}his folly.
12 Do you see a man ^swise in his own eyes?
^tThere is more hope for a fool than for him.
13 The ^usluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
A lion is ^{▼▼ Lit within}in the open square!”
14 As the door turns on its hinges,
So does the ^wsluggard on his bed.
15 The ^xsluggard buries his hand in the dish;
He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again.
16 The sluggard is ^ywiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can ^{▼▼ Lit return discreetly}give a discreet answer.
17 Like one who takes a dog by the ears
Is he who passes by and ^{▼▼ Lit infuriates himself}meddles with ^abstrife not belonging to him.
18 Like a madman who throws
^acFirebrands, arrows and death,
19 So is the man who ^addeceives his neighbor,
And says, ^ae“Was I not joking?”
20 For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no ^afwhisperer, ^agcontention quiets down.
21 Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
So is a ^ahcontentious man to kindle strife.
22 The ^aiwords of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the ^{▼▼ Lit chambers of the belly}innermost parts of the body.
23 Like an earthen ^akvessel overlaid with silver ^aldross
Are burning lips and a wicked heart.
24 He who ^amhates disguises it with his lips,
But he lays up ^andeceit in his ^{▼▼ Lit inward part}heart.
25 When ^{▼▼ Lit his voice is gracious}he ^aqspeaks graciously, do not believe him,
For there are seven abominations in his heart.
26 Though his hatred ^arcovers itself with guile,
His wickedness will be ^asrevealed before the assembly.
27 He who ^atdigs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
28 A lying tongue hates ^{▼▼ Lit its crushed ones}those it crushes,
And a ^avflattering mouth works ruin.