Proverbs 26
1 Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.
Like snow - in the summer and like rain at the harvest so not [is] suitable for a fool honor.
2 As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.
Like bird for fluttering like swallow for flying so a curse without cause (to him *Q(K)*) it will come.
3 A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.
A whip for horse a bridle for a donkey and a rod for [the] back of fools.
4 Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.
May not you answer a fool according to foolishness his lest you should become like him also you.
5 Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.
Answer a fool according to foolishness his lest he should be wise in own eyes his.
6 He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.
[one who] cuts off Feet violence [one who] drinks [one who] sends words by [the] hand of a fool.
7 The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.
They hang down legs from a lame [person] and a proverb in [the] mouth of fools.
8 Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.
As ties a stone in a sling so [one who] gives to a fool honor.
9 Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.
Thorn[s] it goes up in [the] hand of a drunkard and a proverb in [the] mouth of fools.
10 Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.
An archer [who] wounds everyone and [one who] hires a fool and [one who] hires [those who] pass by.
11 Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.
Like a dog [which] returns to own vomit its a fool [who] repeats foolishness his.
12 Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.
You see a person wise in own eyes his hope [belongs] to a fool more than him.
13 The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
He says a sluggard a lion [is] in the road a lion [is] between the open places.
14 A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed.
The door it turns on hinge[s] its and a sluggard on bed his.
15 The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.
He hides a sluggard hand his in the dish he is weary to bring back it to mouth his.
16 The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.
[is] wise A sluggard in own eyes his more than seven [people] [who] bring back discernment.
17 He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.
[one who] takes hold On [the] ears of a dog a passer by [who] becomes angry on a dispute [which] not [belongs] to him.
18 As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,
Like a madman who throws burning arrows arrows and death.
19 So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?
So a person [who] he deceives neighbor his and he says ¿ not jesting [was] I.
20 Without wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no secret talk, argument is ended.
With not wood it is extinguished a fire and with not a slanderer it becomes quiet strife.
21 Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.
Charcoal to burning coals and wood to fire and a person of (contentions *Q(K)*) to kindling strife.
22 The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach.
[the] words of A slanderer [are] like delicacies and they they go down [the] chambers of [the] belly.
23 Smooth lips and an evil heart are like a vessel of earth plated with silver waste.
Silver of dross overlaid on earthenware lips burning and a heart of evil.
24 With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;
(With lips his *Q(K)*) he disguises himself [one who] hates and in inner being his he puts deceit.
25 When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils:
If he will make favorable voice his may not you trust in him for seven abominations [are] in heart his.
26 Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people.
It covers itself hatred with deception it will be revealed wickedness his in [the] assembly.
27 He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.
[one who] digs A pit in it he will fall and [one who] rolls a stone to him it will return.
28 A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.
A tongue of falsehood it hates crushed [people] its and a mouth flattering it makes stumbling.
