Proverbs 26:1-13

1Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

2Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.

3A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.

5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own estimation.

6Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message by the hand of a fool.

7Like legs that hang limp from the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

8Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.

9Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

10Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passer-by.

11Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

13The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”