Proverbs 26

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,

As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying,

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass,

Answer not a fool according to his folly,

Answer a fool according to his folly,

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool

The legs of the lame hang loose;

As one that bindeth a stone in a sling,

As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard,

As an archer that woundeth all,

As a dog that returneth to his vomit,

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?

The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way;

As the door turneth upon its hinges,

The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish;

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit

He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him,

As a madman who casteth firebrands,

So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor,

For lack of wood the fire goeth out;

As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire,

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,

Fervent lips and a wicked heart

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips;

When he speaketh fair, believe him not;

Though his hatred cover itself with guile,

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein;

A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded;