Proverbs 26:1-12

Legacy Standard Bible

26 Like snow in summer and like ^(A)rain in harvest,
So glory is not ^(B)fitting for a fool.
² Like a ^(C)sparrow in its ^[a]flitting, like a swallow in flying,
So a ^(D)curse without cause does not come to pass.
³ A ^(E)whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
And a ^(F)rod for the back of fools.
^4 (G)Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest you yourself also be like him.
^5 (H)Answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest he be ^(I)wise in his own eyes.
⁶ He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence
Who sends words by the hand of a fool.
⁷ Like the legs which hang limp on the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
⁸ Like ^[b]one who binds a stone in a sling,
So is he who gives glory to a fool.
⁹ Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a drunkard,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
^10 [c]Like an archer who wounds everyone,
So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.
¹¹ Like ^(J)a dog that returns to its vomit
Is a fool who ^(K)repeats ^[d]his folly.
¹² Do you see a man ^(L)wise in his own eyes?
^(M)There is more hope for a fool than for him.