Proverbs 26 — UBES

26Verse 1As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer,
So honor is not seemly for a fool.
^{Verse 2}As birds and sparrows fly,
So a curse shall not come upon anyone without a cause.
^{Verse 3}As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass,
So is a rod for a simple nation.
^{Verse 4}Answer not a fool according to his folly,
Lest thou become like him.
^{Verse 5}Yet answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest he seem wise in his own conceit.
^{Verse 6}He that sends a message by a foolish messenger
Procures for himself a reproach from his own ways.
^{Verse 7}As well take away the motion of the legs,
As transgression from the mouth of fools.
^{Verse 8}He that binds up a stone in a sling,
Is like one that gives glory to a fool.
^{Verse 9}Thorns grow in the hand of a drunkard,
And servitude in the hand of fools.
^{Verse 10}All the flesh of fools endures much hardship;
For their fury is brought to nought.
^{Verse 11}As when a dog goes to his own vomit, and becomes abominable,
So is a fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin.^{Verse 11}
There is a shame that brings sin:
And there is a shame that is glory and grace.
^{Verse 12}I have seen a man who seemed to himself to be wise;
But a fool had more hope than he.
^{Verse 13}A sluggard when sent on a journey says,
There is a lion in the ways,
And there are murderers in the streets.^{Verse 14}As a door turns on the hinge,
So does a sluggard on his bed.
^{Verse 15}A sluggard having hidden his hand in his bosom,
Will not be able to bring it up to his mouth.
^{Verse 16}A sluggard seems to himself wiser
Than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.^{Verse 17}As he that lays hold of a dog’s tail,
So is he that makes himself the champion of another’s cause.
^{Verse 18}As those who need correction put forth fair words to men,
And he that first falls in with the proposal will be overthrown;
^{Verse 19}So are all that lay wait for their own friends,
And when they are discovered, say, I did it in jest.
^{Verse 20}With much wood fire increases;
But where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases.
^{Verse 21}A hearth for coals, and wood for fire;
And a railing man for the tumult of strife.
^{Verse 22}The words of cunning knaves are soft;
But they smite even to the inmost parts of the bowels.^{Verse 23}Silver dishonestly given is to be considered as a potsherd:
Smooth lips cover a grievous heart.
^{Verse 24}A weeping enemy promises all things with his lips,
But in his heart he contrives deceit.
^{Verse 25}Though thine enemy entreat thee with a loud voice, consent not:
For there are seven abominations in his heart.
^{Verse 26}He that hides enmity frames deceit: but being easily discerned,
Exposes his own sins in the public assemblies.
^{Verse 27}He that digs a pit for his neighbor shall fall into it:
And he that rolls a stone, rolls it upon himself.
^{Verse 28}A lying tongue hates the truth;
And an unguarded mouth causes tumults.