‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭26:1‭-‬28‬ ‭MSG‬‬
[1] We no more give honors to fools than pray for snow in summer or rain during harvest. [2] You have as little to fear from an undeserved curse as from the dart of a wren or the swoop of a swallow. [3] A whip for the racehorse, a tiller for the sailboat— and a stick for the back of fools! [4] Don’t respond to the stupidity of a fool; you’ll only look foolish yourself. [5] Answer a fool in simple terms so he doesn’t get a swelled head. [6] You’re only asking for trouble when you send a message by a fool. [7] A proverb quoted by fools is limp as a wet noodle. [8] Putting a fool in a place of honor is like setting a mud brick on a marble column. [9] To ask a moron to quote a proverb is like putting a scalpel in the hands of a drunk. [10] Hire a fool or a drunk and you shoot yourself in the foot. [11] As a dog eats its own vomit, so fools recycle silliness. [12] See that man who thinks he’s so smart? You can expect far more from a fool than from him. [13] Loafers say, “It’s dangerous out there! Tigers are prowling the streets!” and then pull the covers back over their heads. [14] Just as a door turns on its hinges, so a lazybones turns back over in bed. [15] A shiftless sluggard puts his fork in the pie, but is too lazy to lift it to his mouth. [16] Dreamers fantasize their self-importance; they think they are smarter than a whole college faculty. [17] You grab a mad dog by the ears when you butt into a quarrel that’s none of your business. [18-19] People who shrug off deliberate deceptions, saying, “I didn’t mean it, I was only joking,” Are worse than careless campers who walk away from smoldering campfires. [20] When you run out of wood, the fire goes out; when the gossip ends, the quarrel dies down. [21] A quarrelsome person in a dispute is like kerosene thrown on a fire. [22] Listening to gossip is like eating cheap candy; do you want junk like that in your belly? [23] Smooth talk from an evil heart is like glaze on cracked pottery. [24-26] Your enemy shakes hands and greets you like an old friend, all the while plotting against you. When he speaks warmly to you, don’t believe him for a minute; he’s just waiting for the chance to rip you off. No matter how shrewdly he conceals his malice, eventually his evil will be exposed in public. [27] Malice backfires; spite boomerangs. [28] Liars hate their victims; flatterers sabotage trust.

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