Proverbs 26
1 Honoring someone stupid is as inappropriate as snow in the summer or rain during harvest.
like/as snow in/on/with summer and like/as rain in/on/with harvest so not lovely to/for fool glory
2 A curse that isn't deserved won't land on the person, like a fluttering sparrow or a flitting swallow.
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 Horses need a whip, donkeys need a bridle, and stupid people need a rod on their backs!
whip to/for horse bridle to/for donkey and tribe: staff to/for back fool
4 Don't answer stupid people following their stupidity, or you'll become as bad as them.
not to answer fool like/as folly his lest be like to/for him also you(m. s.)
5 Answer stupid people following their stupidity, otherwise they'll think they're wise.
to answer fool like/as folly his lest to be wise in/on/with eye his
6 Trusting someone stupid to deliver a message is like cutting of your feet or drinking poison.
to cut off foot violence to drink to send: depart word in/on/with hand fool
7 A proverb spoken by someone stupid is as useless as a lame person's legs.
to languish leg from lame and proverb in/on/with lip fool
8 Honoring someone stupid is as pointless as tying a stone into a sling.
like/as to constrain stone in/on/with sling so to give: give to/for fool glory
9 A proverb spoken by someone stupid is as ridiculous as a thorn bush waved around by a drunk.
thistle to ascend: rise in/on/with hand drunken and proverb in/on/with lip fool
10 Anyone who hires someone stupid or just a passer-by is like an archer wounding people by shooting arrows at random.
archer to bore all and to hire fool and to hire to pass
11 Stupid people repeat their stupidity like a dog returning to its vomit.
like/as dog to return: return upon vomit his fool to repeat in/on/with folly his
12 Have you seen a man who is wise in his own eyes? There's more hope for stupid people than for him!
to see: see man wise in/on/with eye his hope to/for fool from him
13 Lazy people are the ones who say, “There's a lion on the road—a lion running around the streets!”
to say sluggish lion in/on/with way: road lion between [the] street/plaza
14 A lazy person turns in bed like a door turns on its hinge.
[the] door to turn: turn upon hinge her and sluggish upon bed his
15 Lazy people put their hands in a dish, but are too tired to lift the food to their mouths.
to hide sluggish hand his in/on/with dish be weary to/for to return: return her to(wards) lip his
16 In their own eyes lazy people are wiser than many sensible advisors.
wise sluggish in/on/with eye his from seven to return: reply taste
17 Interfering in someone else's quarrel is like grabbing a stray dog by the ears.
to strengthen: hold in/on/with ear dog to pass: bring be angry upon strife not to/for him
18 You're like a crazy person firing off blazing arrows and killing people
like/as to amaze [the] to shoot missile arrow and death
19 if you lie to your friend and then say, “I was only joking!”
so man to deceive [obj] neighbor his and to say not to laugh I
20 Without wood, the fire goes out; and without gossips, arguments stop.
in/on/with end tree: wood to quench fire and in/on/with nothing to grumble be quiet strife
21 An argumentative person fires up quarrels like putting charcoal on hot embers or wood on a fire.
coal to/for coal and tree: wood to/for fire and man (contention *Q(K)*) to/for to scorch strife
22 Listening to gossip is like gulping down bites of your favorite food—they go deep down inside you.
word to grumble like/as to swallow and they(masc.) to go down chamber belly: body
23 Smooth talking with evil intent is like a shiny lead glaze on an earthenware pot.
silver: money dross to overlay upon earthenware lips to burn/pursue and heart bad: evil
24 People say nice things to you even though they hate you; deep down they're just lying to you.
(in/on/with lips his *Q(K)*) to alienate to hate and in/on/with entrails: among his to set: put deceit
25 When people talk nicely to you, don't believe them—their minds are full of hate for you.
for be gracious voice his not be faithful in/on/with him for seven abomination in/on/with heart his
26 Even though their hatred may be hidden by cunning tricks, their evil will be revealed to everyone.
to cover hating in/on/with guile to reveal: reveal distress: evil his in/on/with assembly
27 Those who dig pits to trap others will fall in themselves, and those who start boulders rolling will be crushed themselves.
to pierce pit: grave in/on/with her to fall: fall and to roll stone to(wards) him to return: return
28 If you tell lies, you show you hate your victims; if you flatter people, you cause disaster.
tongue deception to hate crushed his and lip smooth to make ruin
