Proverbs 26

1Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.Cross-references: Judg 9:7 · Judg 9:20 · Judg 9:56 · 1Sam 12:17 · Esth 3:1 · Esth 4:6 · +10 more

2Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.Cross-references: Num 23:8 · Deut 23:4 · 1Sam 14:28 · 1Sam 17:43 · 2Sam 16:12 · Neh 13:2 · +2 more

3A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!Cross-references: Judg 8:5 · Ps 32:9 · Prov 10:13 · Prov 17:10 · Prov 19:25 · Prov 19:29 · +4 more

4Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.Cross-references: Judg 12:1 · 2Sam 19:41 · 1Ki 12:14 · 1Ki 12:16 · 2Ki 14:8 · Prov 17:14 · +5 more

5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.Cross-references: 1Ki 22:24 · Prov 3:7 · Prov 26:4 · Prov 26:12 · Prov 28:11 · Isa 5:21 · +12 more

6One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.Cross-references: Num 13:31 · Prov 10:26 · Prov 13:17 · Prov 25:13

7Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.Cross-references: Ps 50:16 · Ps 64:8 · Prov 17:7 · Prov 26:9 · Matt 7:4 · Luke 4:23

8As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.Cross-references: Prov 19:10 · Prov 26:1 · Prov 30:22

9Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.Cross-references: Prov 23:35

10As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.Cross-references: Prov 11:31 · Rom 2:6

11As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.Cross-references: Ex 8:15 · Matt 12:45 · 2Pet 2:22

12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.Cross-references: Prov 3:7 · Prov 22:29 · Prov 26:5 · Prov 26:16 · Prov 28:11 · Prov 29:20 · +7 more

13The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”Cross-references: Prov 15:19 · Prov 19:15 · Prov 22:13

14As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.Cross-references: Prov 6:9 · Prov 12:24 · Prov 12:27 · Prov 24:33 · Heb 6:12

15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.Cross-references: Prov 19:24

16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.Cross-references: Prov 12:15 · Prov 26:12 · 1Pet 3:15

17Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.Cross-references: Prov 17:11 · Prov 18:6 · Prov 20:3 · Luke 12:14 · 2Tim 2:23

18Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,Cross-references: Gen 49:23 · Prov 7:23 · Prov 25:18 · Isa 50:11

19is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”Cross-references: Prov 10:23 · Prov 14:9 · Prov 15:21 · Eph 5:4 · 2Pet 2:13

20For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.Cross-references: Prov 16:28 · Prov 22:10 · Prov 26:22 · James 3:6

21As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.Cross-references: 2Sam 20:1 · 1Ki 12:2 · 1Ki 12:20 · Ps 120:4 · Prov 10:12 · Prov 15:18 · +2 more

22The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.Cross-references: Prov 18:8 · Prov 20:19 · Ezek 22:9

23Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.Cross-references: 2Sam 20:9 · Prov 10:18 · Prov 25:4 · Ezek 33:31 · Matt 23:27 · Luke 11:39 · +1 more

24A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.Cross-references: Ps 41:6 · Prov 10:18 · Prov 11:1 · Prov 12:5 · Prov 12:17 · Prov 12:20 · +1 more

25When his speech is charming, don’t believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.Cross-references: Ps 12:2 · Ps 28:3 · Prov 6:16 · Jer 9:2 · Jer 12:6 · Mic 7:5 · +1 more

26His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.Cross-references: Gen 4:8 · 1Sam 18:17 · 1Sam 18:21 · 2Sam 3:27 · 2Sam 13:22 · Ps 55:21

27Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.Cross-references: Esth 7:10 · Ps 7:15 · Ps 9:15 · Ps 10:2 · Ps 57:6 · Prov 28:10 · +1 more

28A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.Cross-references: Prov 6:24 · Prov 7:5 · Prov 7:21 · Prov 29:5 · Luke 20:20 · John 8:40 · +3 more