Proverbs 26 (NET)

Proverbs 26:1¹Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:2²Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:3³A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:4⁴Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:5⁵Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own opinion.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:6⁶Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message by the hand of a fool.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:7⁷Like legs dangle uselessly from the lame, so a proverb dangles in the mouth of fools.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:8⁸Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:9⁹Like a thorn has gone up into the hand of a drunkard, so a proverb has gone up into the mouth of a fool.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:10¹⁰Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passerby.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:11¹¹Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:12¹²You have seen a man wise in his own opinion — there is more hope for a fool than for him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:13¹³The sluggard has said, “There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:14¹⁴Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:15¹⁵The sluggard has plunged his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:16¹⁶The sluggard is wiser in his own opinion than seven people who respond with good sense.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:17¹⁷Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:18¹⁸Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:19¹⁹so is a person who has deceived his neighbor, and said, “Was I not only joking?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:20²⁰Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:21²¹Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:22²²The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; and they have gone down into a person’s innermost being.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:23²³Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:24²⁴The one who hates others disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:25²⁵When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations within him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:26²⁶Though his hatred may be concealed by deceit, his evil will be uncovered in the assembly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:27²⁷The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone—it will come back on him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Proverbs 26:28²⁸A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s