Proverbs 26

Berean Standard Bible

Similitudes and Instructions

1Like snowH7950 in summerH7019 and rainH4306 at harvestH7105 H3651, honorH3519 does notH3808 befitH5000 a foolH3684.2Like a flutteringH5110 sparrowH6833 or dartingH5774 H3651 swallowH1866, an undeservedH2600 curseH7045 does notH3808 come to restH935.3A whipH7752 for the horseH5483, a bridleH4964 for the donkeyH2543, and a rodH7626 for the backsH1460 of foolsH3684!4Do notH408 answerH6030 a foolH3684 according to his follyH200, orH6435 you yourselfH859 will be like himH7737 H1571.5AnswerH6030 a foolH3684 according to his follyH200, lestH6435 he becomeH1961 wiseH2450 in his own eyesH5869.6Like cutting offH7096 one’s own feetH7272 or drinkingH8354 violenceH2555 is the sendingH7971 of a messageH1697 by the handH3027 of a foolH3684.7Like lameH6455 legsH7785 hanging limpH1809 is a proverbH4912 in the mouthH6310 of a foolH3684.8Like bindingH6887 a stoneH68 into a slingH4773 isH3651 the givingH5414 of honorH3519 to a foolH3684.9Like a thornH2336 that goesH5927 into the handH3027 of a drunkardH7910 is a proverbH4912 in the mouthH6310 of a foolH3684.10Like an archerH7228 who woundsH2490 at randomH3605 is he who hiresH7936 a foolH3684 orH7936 passerbyH5674.11As a dogH3611 returnsH7725 toH5921 its vomitH6892,1 so a foolH3684 repeatsH8138 his follyH200.12Do you seeH7200 a manH376 who is wiseH2450 in his own eyesH5869? There is more hopeH8615 for a foolH3684 than for himH4480.

13The slackerH6102 saysH559, “A lionH7826 is in the roadH1870!A fierce lionH738 roams the public squareH7339!”14As a doorH1817 turnsH5437 onH5921 its hingesH6735,so the slackerH6102 turns onH5921 his bedH4296.15The slackerH6102 buriesH2934 his handH3027 in the dishH6747;it wearies himH3811 to bring it backH7725 toH413 his mouthH6310.16The slackerH6102 is wiserH2450 in his own eyesH5869than seven menH7651 who answerH7725 discreetlyH2940.

17Like one who grabsH2388 a dogH3611 by the earsH241is a passerbyH5674 who meddlesH5674 inH5921 a quarrelH7379 notH3808 his own.18Like a madmanH3856 shootingH3384 firebrandsH2131and deadlyH4194 arrowsH2671,19soH3651 is the manH376 who deceivesH7411 his neighborH7453and saysH559, “IH589 was onlyH3808 jokingH7832!”

20WithoutH657 woodH6086, a fireH784 goes outH3518;withoutH369 gossipH7279, a conflictH4066 ceasesH8367.21Like charcoalH6352 for embersH1513 and woodH6086 for fireH784,so is a quarrelsomeH4066 manH376 for kindlingH2787 strifeH7379.22The wordsH1697 of a gossipH7279 are like choice morselsH3859thatH1992 go downH3381 into the inmost beingH2315 H990.

23Like glazeH3701 H5509 coveringH6823 H5921 an earthen vesselH2789are burningH1814 2 lipsH8193 and a wickedH7451 heartH3820. 24A hateful manH8130 disguises himselfH5234 with his speechH8193,but he lays upH7896 deceitH4820 in his heartH7130.25WhenH3588 he speaksH6963 graciouslyH2603, do notH408 believeH539 him,forH3588 sevenH7651 abominationsH8441 fill his heartH3820.26Though his hatredH8135 is concealedH3680 by deceptionH4860,his wickednessH7451 will be exposedH1540 in the assemblyH6951.27He who digsH3738 a pitH7845 will fallH5307 into it,and he who rollsH1556 a stoneH68 will have it roll backH7725 on himH413.28A lyingH8267 tongueH3956 hatesH8130 those it crushesH1790,and a flatteringH2509 mouthH6310 causesH6213 ruinH4072.