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26.10
PROVERBS
- 8As a small stone in a heap of stones,
- So is he that giveth honour to a fool.
- 9As a thorn that cometh into the hand of a drunkard,
- So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- 10A master performeth all things;
- But he that stoppeth a fool is as one that stoppeth a flood.
- 11As a dog that returneth to his vomit,
- So is a fool that repeateth his folly.
- 12Seest thou a man wise in his own eyes?
- There is more hope of a fool than of him.
- 13The sluggard saith: 'There is a lion in the way;
- Yea, a lion is in the streets.'
- 14The door is turning upon its hinges,
- And the sluggard is still upon his bed.
- 15The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish;
- It wearieth him to bring it back to his mouth.
- 16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
- Than seven men that give wise answer.
- 17He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife not his own,
- Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
- 18As a madman who casteth firebrands,
- Arrows, and death;
- 19So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour,
- And saith: 'Am not I in sport?'
- 20Where no wood is, the fire goeth out;
- And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
- 21As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire;
- So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
- 22The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,
- And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
- 23Burning lips and a wicked heart
- Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
- 24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips,
- But he layeth up deceit within him.
- 25When he speaketh fair,
- Believe him not;
- For there are seven abominations in his heart.
- 26Though his hatred be concealed with deceit,
- His wickedness shall be revealed before the congregation.
- 27Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein;
- And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.
- 28A lying tongue hateth those that are crushed by it;
- And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
- 27 Boast not thyself of to-morrow;
- For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
- 2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;
- A stranger, and not thine own lips.
- 3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
- But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.
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