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Proverbs - ch 26 v 1 - 20
- As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour beseemeth not a fool.
- As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come.
- A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
- Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
- Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
- He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh damage.
- The legs of the lame hang loose; so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
- As a bag of gems in a stoneheap, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
- As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
- A master roughly worketh every one: he both hireth the fool and hireth passers-by.
- As a dog turneth back to its vomit, so a fool repeateth his folly.
- Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
- The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets!
- As the door turneth upon its hinges, so the sluggard upon his bed.
- The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish: it wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
- A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that answer discreetly.
- He that passing by vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
- As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
- so is a man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am I not in sport?
- Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no talebearer, the contention ceaseth.
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