26:1 Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
26:2 Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a causeless curse does not come to rest.
26:3 A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
26:4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.
26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own estimation.
26:6 Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message in the hand of a fool.
26:7 Like legs that hang limp from the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
26:8 Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.
26:9 Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
26:10 Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passer-by.
26:11 Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
26:12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
26:13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”
26:14 Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
26:15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
26:16 The sluggard is wiser in his own estimation than seven people who respond with good sense.
26:17 Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.
26:18 Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,