箴言26-智慧

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¹Honor is no more associated with foolsthan snow with summer or rain with harvest.
²Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse will not land on its intended victim.
³Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle, and a fool with a rod to his back!
⁴Don’t answer the foolish arguments of fools, or you will become as foolish as they are.
⁵Be sure to answer the foolish arguments of fools, or they will become wise in their own estimation.
⁶Trusting a fool to convey a messageis like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison!
⁷A proverb in the mouth of a foolis as useless as a paralyzed leg.
⁸Honoring a foolis as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot.
⁹A proverb in the mouth of a foolis like a thorny branch brandished by a drunk.
¹⁰An employer who hires a fool or a bystanderis like an archer who shoots at random.
¹¹As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness.
¹²There is more hope for foolsthan for people who think they are wise.

¹³The lazy person claims, “There’s a lion on the road!Yes, I’m sure there’s a lion out there!”
¹⁴As a door swings back and forth on its hinges, so the lazy person turns over in bed.
¹⁵Lazy people take food in their handbut don’t even lift it to their mouth.
¹⁶Lazy people consider themselves smarterthan seven wise counselors.
¹⁷Interfering in someone else’s argumentis as foolish as yanking a dog’s ears.
¹⁸Just as damagingas a madman shooting a deadly weapon

¹⁹is someone who lies to a friendand then says, “I was only joking.”
²⁰Fire goes out without wood, and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.
²¹A quarrelsome person starts fightsas easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood.
²²Rumors are dainty morselsthat sink deep into one’s heart.
²³Smooth#26:23 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads Burning. words may hide a wicked heart, just as a pretty glaze covers a clay pot.
²⁴People may cover their hatred with pleasant words, but they’re deceiving you.
²⁵They pretend to be kind, but don’t believe them.Their hearts are full of many evils.#26:25 Hebrew seven evils.
²⁶While their hatred may be concealed by trickery, their wrongdoing will be exposed in public.
²⁷If 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.
²⁸A lying tongue hates its victims, and flattering words cause ruin.

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