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| The Book of Proverbs 26 | ||||||||||||||||
| The Douay-Rheims Version Online Bible (DRV) | ||||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:1 | As snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so glory is not seemly for a fool. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:2 | As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:3 | A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:4 | Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be made like him. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:5 | Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:6 | He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:7 | As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:8 | As he that casteth a stone into the heap of Mercury: so is he that giveth honour to a fool. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:9 | As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:10 | Judgment determineth causes: and he that putteth a fool to silence, appeaseth anger. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:11 | As a dog that returneth to his vomit, so is the fool that repeateth his folly. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:12 | Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:13 | The slothful man saith: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness in the roads. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:14 | As the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:15 | The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and it grieveth him to turn it to his mouth. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:16 | The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:17 | As he that taketh a dog by the ears, so is he that passeth by in anger, and meddleth with another man's quarrel. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:18 | As he is guilty that shooteth arrows, and lances unto death : | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:19 | So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, saith: I did it in jest. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:20 | When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:21 | As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so an angry man stirreth up strife. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:22 | The words of a talebearer are as it were simple, but they reach to the innermost parts of the belly. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:23 | Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthen vessel adorned with silver dross. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:24 | An enemy is known by his lips, when in his heart he entertaineth deceit. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:25 | When he shall speak low, trust him not: because there are seven mischiefs in his heart. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:26 | He that covereth hatred deceitfully, his malice shall be laid open in the public assembly. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:27 | He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return to him. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 26:28 | A deceitful tongue loveth not truth: and a slippery mouth worketh ruin. | |||||||||||||||
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