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\c 26
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\v 1 Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,
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\q so a fool does not deserve honor.
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\q
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\v 2 As the sparrow flitters and the swallow darts when they fly,
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\q so an undeserved curse does not alight.
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\v 3 A whip is for the horse, a bridle is for the donkey,
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\q and a rod is for the back of fools.
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\v 4 Do not answer a fool and join in his folly,
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\q or you will become like him.
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\q
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\v 5 Answer a fool and join in on his folly,
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\q so he will not become wise in his own eyes.
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\v 6 Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool
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\q cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
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\v 7 The legs of a paralytic hanging down
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\q are like a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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\q
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\v 8 Tying a stone in a sling
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\q is the same as giving honor to a fool.
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\v 9 A thornbush held in the hand of a drunk
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\q is like a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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\v 10 An archer who wounds everybody
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\q is like the one who hires a fool or just anyone who passes by.
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\v 11 As a dog returns to his own vomit,
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\q so is a fool who repeats his folly.
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\v 12 Do you see someone who is wise in his own eyes?
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\q There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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\v 13 The lazy person says, "There is a lion on the road!
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\q There is a lion between the open places!"
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\q
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\v 14 As the door turns on its hinges,
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\q so is the lazy person upon his bed.
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\v 15 The lazy person puts his hand into the dish,
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\q and yet he has no strength to lift it up to his mouth.
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\v 16 The lazy person is wiser in his own eyes
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\q than seven men with discernment.
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\v 17 Like one who takes hold of the ears of a dog,
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\q is a passerby who becomes angry at a dispute that is not his own.
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\v 18 Like a madman who shoots burning arrows,
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\v 19 is the one who deceives his neighbor
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\q and says, "Was I not telling a joke?"
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\v 20 For lack of wood, the fire goes out.
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\q and where there is no gossiper, quarreling ceases.
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\v 21 As charcoal is to burning coals and wood is to fire,
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\q so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
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\v 22 The words of a gossip are like delicious morsels;
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\q they go down into the inner parts of the body.
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\v 23 The glaze overlaying an earthen vessel
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\q is like burning lips and an evil heart.
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\v 24 One who hates others disguises his feelings with his lips,
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\q and he lays up deceit within himself.
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\v 25 He will speak graciously, but do not believe him,
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\q for there are seven abominations in his heart.
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\v 26 Though his hatred is covered with deception,
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\q his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
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\v 27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
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\q and the stone will roll back on the one who pushed it.
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\v 28 A lying tongue hates the people it crushes,
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\q and a flattering mouth brings about ruin.
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