As dew in harvest and as rain in summer, so honor is not for a fool.
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Rahlfs Septuagint
Proverbs 33
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Like birds flying and sparrows, so a vain curse shall not come upon anyone.
As a whip for a horse and a goad for a donkey, so a rod for a lawless nation
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you become like him.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own eyes.
By his own feet he will drink insult, he who sends a word by a foolish messenger
Remove a course from feet and a proverb from the mouth of fools
Like one who loosens a stone in a sling is he who gives glory to a fool
Thorns grow in the hand of a drunkard, but slavery in the hand of fools.
Many things are the flesh of fools; for their ecstasy is crushed.
κύων ὅταν ἐπέλθῃ ἐπὶ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ ἔμετον καὶ μισητὸς γένηται οὕτως ἄφρων τῇ ἑαυτοῦ κακίᾳ ἀναστρέψας ἐπὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἁμαρτίαν αἰσχύνη ἐπάγουσα ἁμαρτίαν καὶ ἔστιν αἰσχύνη δόξα καὶ χάρις
Like a dog when it comes upon its own vomit and becomes loathsome, so a fool, having turned back to his own evil, returns to his own sin
I saw a man who seemed to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he did.
The sluggard says when being sent on a journey: A lion in the roads.
As a door turns on its hinge, so does the sluggard on his bed
The sluggard, having hidden his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it to his mouth.
The sluggard seems wiser to himself than the one who carries back a message in abundance
Like one who grasps a dog’s tail, so is one who presides over another’s judgment
As those who heal throw out words to people, but the one who answers the word first will be tripped up
Thus all those lying in wait for their own friends, but when they are caught they say, I acted in play.
In many logs a fire flourishes, but where there is not a double-minded person, strife becomes quiet.
A grate for coals and wood for fire, and a contentious man for the disturbance of strife.
Smooth words are these jesters, but they strike into the chambers of the inward parts.
Silver given with deceit is to be regarded as a potsherd; smooth lips cover a sorrowful heart
With lips an enemy gives assent to everything, weeping, but in the heart he devises deceit.
If your enemy implores you with a loud voice, do not be persuaded, for there are seven evils in his soul.
He who hides enmity sets up deceit, but he reveals his own sins; he is well known in councils.
He who digs a pit for his neighbor will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone rolls it onto himself.
A false tongue hates truth, but a mouth without a bridle causes disturbances.