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26:1  Like snow in summer or rain at harvest-time, so honor for a fool is out of place.
26:2  Like a fluttering sparrow or a flying swallow, an undeserved curse will come home to roost.
26:3  A whip for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
26:4  Don’t answer a fool in terms of his folly, or you will be descending to his level;
26:5  but answer a fool as his folly deserves, so that he won’t think he is wise.
26:6  Telling a message to a fool and sending him out is like cutting off one’s feet and drinking violence.
26:7  The legs of the disabled hang limp and useless; likewise a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
26:8  Like one who ties his stone to the sling is he who gives honor to a fool.
26:9  Like a thorn branch in the hand of a drunk is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
26:10  A master can make anything, but hiring a fool is like hiring some passer-by.
26:11  Just as a dog returns to his vomit, a fool repeats his folly.
26:12  Do you see someone who thinks himself wise? There is more hope for a fool than for him!
26:13  The lazy person says, “There’s a lion in the streets! A lion is roaming loose out there!”
26:14  The door turns on its hinges, and the lazy man on his bed.
26:15  The lazy person buries his hand in the dish but is too tired to return it to his mouth.
26:16  A lazy man is wiser in his own view than seven who can answer with sense.
26:17  Like someone who grabs a dog by the ears is a passer-by who mixes in a fight not his own.
26:18  Like a madman shooting deadly arrows and firebrands
26:19  is one who deceives another, then says, “It was just a joke.”
26:20  If there’s no wood, the fire goes out; if nobody gossips, contention stops.
26:21  As coals are to embers and wood to fire is a quarrelsome person to kindling strife.
26:22  A slanderer’s words are tasty morsels; they slide right down into the belly.
26:23  Like silver slag overlaid on a clay pot are lips that burn [with friendship] over a hating heart.
26:24  He who hates may hide it with his speech; but inside, he harbors deceit.
26:25  He may speak pleasantly, but don’t trust him; for seven abominations are in his heart.
26:26  His hatred may be concealed by deceit, but his wickedness will be revealed in the assembly.
26:27  Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on the one who starts it rolling.
26:28  A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.