Proverbs 26

Proverbs 26:1 Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor is inappropriate for a fool.

Proverbs 26:2 Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow, an undeserved curse goes nowhere.

Proverbs 26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools.

Proverbs 26:4 Don’t answer a fool according to his foolishness or you’ll be like him yourself.

Proverbs 26:5 Answer a fool according to his foolishness, or he’ll become wise in his own eyes.

Proverbs 26:6 The one who sends a message by a fool’s hand cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

Proverbs 26:7 A proverb in the mouth of a fool is like lame legs that hang limp.

Proverbs 26:8 Giving honor to a fool is like binding a stone in a sling.

Proverbs 26:9 A proverb in the mouth of a fool is like a stick with thorns, brandished by the hand of a drunkard.

Proverbs 26:10 The one who hires a fool or who hires those passing by is like an archer who wounds everyone.

Proverbs 26:11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so also a fool repeats his foolishness.

Proverbs 26:12 Do you see a person who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Proverbs 26:13 The idler says, “There’s a lion in the road — a lion in the public square!”

Proverbs 26:14 A door turns on its hinges, and an idler, on his bed.

Proverbs 26:15 The idler buries his hand in the bowl; he is too weary to bring it to his mouth!

Proverbs 26:16 In his own eyes, an idler is wiser than seven who can answer sensibly.

Proverbs 26:17 A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not his is like one who grabs a dog by the ears.

Proverbs 26:18 Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,

Proverbs 26:19 so is the person who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

Proverbs 26:20 Without wood, fire goes out; without gossip, conflict dies down.

Proverbs 26:21 As charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.

Proverbs 26:22 A gossip’s words are like choice food that goes down to one’s innermost being.

Proverbs 26:23 Smooth lips with an evil heart are like glaze on an earthen vessel.

Proverbs 26:24 A hateful person disguises himself with his speech and harbors deceit within.

Proverbs 26:25 When he speaks graciously, don’t believe him, for there are seven detestable things in his heart.

Proverbs 26:26 Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his evil will be revealed in the assembly.

Proverbs 26:27 The one who digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever rolls a stone — it will come back on him.

Proverbs 26:28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

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Jefferson Vann is pastor of Piney Grove Advent Christian Church in Delco, North Carolina. View all posts by Jefferson Vann