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26 It isn’t proper to honor a foolish person.
That’s like having snow in summer or rain at harvest time.
2 A curse given for no reason is like a wandering bird or a flying sparrow.
It doesn’t go anywhere.
3 A whip is for a horse. A harness is for a donkey.
And a beating is for the backs of foolish people.
4 Don’t answer a foolish person in keeping with his foolish acts.
If you do, you will be like him yourself.
5 Answer a foolish person in keeping with his foolish acts.
If you do, he won’t be wise in his own eyes.
6 Sending a message in the hand of a foolish person
is like cutting off your feet or drinking something harmful.
7 A proverb in the mouth of a foolish person
is like disabled legs that are useless.
8 Giving honor to a foolish person
is like tying a stone in a slingshot.
9 A proverb in the mouth of a foolish person
is like a thorn in the hand of someone who is drunk.
10 Anyone who hires a foolish person or someone who is passing by
is like a person who shoots arrows at just anybody.
11 A foolish person who does the same foolish things again
is like a dog that returns to where it has thrown up.
12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a foolish person than for him.
13 A person who doesn’t want to work says, “There’s a lion in the road!
There’s an angry lion wandering in the streets!”
14 A person who doesn’t want to work turns over in bed
just like a door that swings back and forth.
15 A person who doesn’t want to work leaves his hand in the dish.
He acts as if he is too tired to bring it back up to his mouth.
16 A person who doesn’t want to work is wiser in his own eyes
than seven people who give careful answers.
17 Don’t get mixed up in someone else’s fight as you are passing by.
That’s like picking a dog up by its ears.
18 Suppose a crazy person shoots
flaming arrows that can kill.
19 A man who lies to his neighbor
and says, “I was only joking!” is just like that person.
20 If you don’t have wood, your fire goes out.
If you don’t talk about others, arguing dies down.
And a man who argues stirs up fights.
22 The words of anyone who talks about others are like tasty bites of food.
They go deep down inside you.
23 Warm words that come from an evil heart
are like shiny paint on a clay pot.
24 Someone who wants to hurt you uses his words to hide his hatred.
But his heart is full of lies that cover up his evil plans.
25 What a person says can be charming. But don’t believe him.
Seven things that God hates can fill that person’s heart.
26 Hatred can be hidden by lies.
But what is evil will be shown to everyone.
27 If anyone digs a pit, he will fall into it.
If he rolls a big stone, it will roll back on him.
28 A tongue that tells lies hates the people it hurts.
And words that seem to praise you destroy you.
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