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Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool. |
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Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest. |
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A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! |
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Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him. |
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Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own estimation. |
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Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message by the hand of a fool. |
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Like legs that hang limp from the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools. |
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Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool. |
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Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. |
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Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passer-by. |
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Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. |
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Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. |
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The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!" |
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Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed. |
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The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. |
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The sluggard is wiser in his own estimation than seven people who respond with good sense. |
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Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own. |
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Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows, |
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so is a person who deceives his neighbor, and says, "Was I not only joking?" |
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Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases. |
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Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife. |
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The words of a gossip are like delicious morsels; they go down into a person's innermost being. |
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Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart. |
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The one who hates others disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him. |
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When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations within him. |
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Though his hatred may be concealed by deceit, his evil will be uncovered in the assembly. |
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The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone— it will come back on him. |
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A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin. |
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