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Proverbs 26
Proverbs 26
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
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Honor doesn't go with fools any more than snow with summertime or rain with harvesttime!
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An undeserved curse has no effect. Its intended victim will be no more harmed by it than by a sparrow or swallow flitting through the sky.
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Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle, and a rebel with a rod to his back!
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When arguing with a rebel, don't use foolish arguments as he does, or you will become as foolish as he is!
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Prick his conceit with silly replies!
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To trust a rebel to convey a message is as foolish as cutting off your feet and drinking poison!
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In the mouth of a fool a proverb becomes as useless as a paralyzed leg.
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Honoring a rebel will backfire like a stone tied to a slingshot!
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A rebel will misapply an illustration so that its point will no more be felt than a thorn in the hand of a drunkard.
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The master may get better work from an untrained apprentice than from a skilled rebel!
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As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
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There is one thing worse than a fool, and that is a man who is conceited.
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The lazy man won't go out and work. “There might be a lion outside!“ he says.
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He sticks to his bed like a door to its hinges!
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He is too tired even to lift his food from his dish to his mouth!
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Yet in his own opinion he is smarter than seven wise men.
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Yanking a dog's ears is no more foolish than interfering in an argument that isn't any of your business.
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A man who is caught lying to his neighbor and says, “I
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was just fooling,“ is like a madman throwing around firebrands, arrows, and death!
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Fire goes out for lack of fuel, and tensions disappear when gossip stops.
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A quarrelsome man starts fights as easily as a match sets fire to paper.
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Gossip is a dainty morsel eaten with great relish.
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Pretty words may hide a wicked heart, just as a pretty glaze covers a common clay pot.
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A man with hate in his heart may sound pleasant enough, but don't believe him; for he is cursing you in his heart.
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Though he pretends to be so kind,
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his hatred will finally come to light for all to see.
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The man who sets a trap for others will get caught in it himself. Roll a boulder down on someone, and it will roll back and crush you.
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Flattery is a form of hatred and wounds cruelly.
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