Proverbs 26
1 As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, so honour is not [seemly] for a fool.
like/as snow in/on/with summer and like/as rain in/on/with harvest so not lovely to/for fool glory
2 As birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon any one without a cause.
like/as bird to/for to wander like/as swallow to/for to fly so curse for nothing (to/for him *Q(K)*) to come (in): come
3 As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, so [is] a rod for a simple nation.
whip to/for horse bridle to/for donkey and tribe: staff to/for back fool
4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you become like him.
not to answer fool like/as folly his lest be like to/for him also you(m. s.)
5 Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit.
to answer fool like/as folly his lest to be wise in/on/with eye his
6 He that sends a message by a foolish messenger procures for himself a reproach from his own ways.
to cut off foot violence to drink to send: depart word in/on/with hand fool
7 [As well] take away the motion of the legs, as transgression from the mouth of fools.
to languish leg from lame and proverb in/on/with lip fool
8 He that binds up a stone in a sling, is like one that gives glory to a fool.
like/as to constrain stone in/on/with sling so to give: give to/for fool glory
9 Thorns grow in the hand of a drunkard, and servitude in the hand of fools.
thistle to ascend: rise in/on/with hand drunken and proverb in/on/with lip fool
10 All the flesh of fools endures much hardship; for their fury is brought to nothing.
archer to bore all and to hire fool and to hire to pass
11 As when a dog goes to his own vomit, and becomes abominable, so is fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin. [There is a shame that brings sin: and there is a shame [that is] glory and grace.]
like/as dog to return: return upon vomit his fool to repeat in/on/with folly his
12 I have seen a man who seemed to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he.
to see: see man wise in/on/with eye his hope to/for fool from him
13 A sluggard when sent on a journey says, [There is] a lion in the ways, and [there are] murderers in the streets.
to say sluggish lion in/on/with way: road lion between [the] street/plaza
14 As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed.
[the] door to turn: turn upon hinge her and sluggish upon bed his
15 A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth.
to hide sluggish hand his in/on/with dish be weary to/for to return: return her to(wards) lip his
16 A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.
wise sluggish in/on/with eye his from seven to return: reply taste
17 As he that lays hold of a dog's tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another's cause.
to strengthen: hold in/on/with ear dog to pass: bring be angry upon strife not to/for him
18 As those who need correction put forth [fair] words to men, and he that first falls in with the proposal will be overthrown;
like/as to amaze [the] to shoot missile arrow and death
19 so are all that lay wait for their own friends, and when they are discovered, say, I did it in jest.
so man to deceive [obj] neighbor his and to say not to laugh I
20 With much wood fire increases; but where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases.
in/on/with end tree: wood to quench fire and in/on/with nothing to grumble be quiet strife
21 A hearth for coals, and wood for fire; and railing man for the tumult of strife.
coal to/for coal and tree: wood to/for fire and man (contention *Q(K)*) to/for to scorch strife
22 The words of cunning knaves are soft; but they strike [even] to the inmost parts of the bowels.
word to grumble like/as to swallow and they(masc.) to go down chamber belly: body
23 Silver dishonestly given is to be considered as a potsherd: smooth lips cover a grievous heart.
silver: money dross to overlay upon earthenware lips to burn/pursue and heart bad: evil
24 A weeping enemy promises all things with his lips, but in his heart he contrives deceit.
(in/on/with lips his *Q(K)*) to alienate to hate and in/on/with entrails: among his to set: put deceit
25 Though [your] enemy entreat you with a loud voice, consent not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
for be gracious voice his not be faithful in/on/with him for seven abomination in/on/with heart his
26 He that hides enmity frames deceit: but being easily discerned, exposes his own sins in the public assemblies.
to cover hating in/on/with guile to reveal: reveal distress: evil his in/on/with assembly
27 He that digs a pit for his neighbour shall fall into it: and he that rolls a stone, rolls it upon himself.
to pierce pit: grave in/on/with her to fall: fall and to roll stone to(wards) him to return: return
28 A lying tongue hates the truth; and an unguarded mouth causes tumults.
tongue deception to hate crushed his and lip smooth to make ruin
