# Daily Bible Reading: Proverbs 26

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# ***PROVERBS 26***

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\[1\] Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,

so honor is not fitting for a fool.

\[2\] Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,

a curse that is causeless does not alight.

\[3\] A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,

and a rod for the back of fools.

\[4\] Answer not a fool according to his folly,

lest you be like him yourself.

\[5\] Answer a fool according to his folly,

lest he be wise in his own eyes.

\[6\] Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool

cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

\[7\] Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless,

is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

\[8\] Like one who binds the stone in the sling

is one who gives honor to a fool.

\[9\] Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard

is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

\[10\] Like an archer who wounds everyone

is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.

\[11\] Like a dog that returns to his vomit

is a fool who repeats his folly.

\[12\] Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?

There is more hope for a fool than for him.

\[13\] The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!

There is a lion in the streets!”

\[14\] As a door turns on its hinges,

so does a sluggard on his bed.

\[15\] The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;

it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.

\[16\] The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes

than seven men who can answer sensibly.

\[17\] Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own

is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.

\[18\] Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death

\[19\] is the man who deceives his neighbor

and says, “I am only joking!”

\[20\] For lack of wood the fire goes out,

and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

\[21\] As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,

so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

\[22\] The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;

they go down into the inner parts of the body.

\[23\] Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel

are fervent lips with an evil heart.

\[24\] Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips

and harbors deceit in his heart;

\[25\] when he speaks graciously, believe him not,

for there are seven abominations in his heart;

\[26\] though his hatred be covered with deception,

his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

\[27\] Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,

and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.

\[28\] A lying tongue hates its victims,

and a flattering mouth works ruin. (ESV)