Sermons citing Proverbs 26

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Proverbs 26 · BSB

26:1 Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.

26:2 Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

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26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

26:4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.

26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.

26:6 Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

26:7 Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

26:8 Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

26:9 Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

26:10 Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.

26:11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

26:12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

26:13 The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”

26:14 As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.

26:15 The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.

26:16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

26:17 Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

26:18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,

26:19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

26:20 Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

26:21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

26:22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

26:23 Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.

26:24 A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.

26:25 When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.

26:26 Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

26:27 He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

26:28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

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