1Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

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Proverbs 19:10, Proverbs 19:10, Proverbs 28:16, Proverbs 28:16, Psalms 12:8

2Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest.

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Numbers 23:8, Numbers 23:8, Nehemiah 13:2, Psalms 109:28, Nehemiah 13:2

3A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!

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Proverbs 10:13, Proverbs 10:13, 1 Corinthians 4:21, Psalms 32:9, 1 Corinthians 4:21

4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

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Proverbs 26:5, Proverbs 26:5, 1 Peter 3:9, 1 Peter 3:9, 1 Kings 12:14

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

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Matthew 16:1, Matthew 16:4, Romans 12:16, Matthew 16:1, Matthew 16:4

6One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

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Proverbs 25:13, Proverbs 10:26, Proverbs 25:13, Proverbs 10:26, Proverbs 13:17

7Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

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Proverbs 26:9, Proverbs 26:9, Proverbs 17:7, Psalms 64:8, Proverbs 17:7

8As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.

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Proverbs 26:1, Proverbs 26:1, Proverbs 30:22, Proverbs 30:22, Proverbs 19:10

9Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

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Proverbs 23:35, Proverbs 23:35

10As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.

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Proverbs 11:31, Romans 2:6, Proverbs 11:31, Romans 2:6

11As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.

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2 Peter 2:22, 2 Peter 2:22, Matthew 12:45, Matthew 12:45, Exodus 8:15

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

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Proverbs 29:20, Proverbs 29:20, 1 Corinthians 3:18, 1 Corinthians 3:19, 1 Corinthians 3:18

13The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"

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Proverbs 22:13, Proverbs 22:13, Proverbs 19:15, Proverbs 15:19, Proverbs 19:15

14As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.

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Hebrews 6:12, Hebrews 6:12, Proverbs 12:24, Proverbs 12:27, Proverbs 24:33

15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

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Proverbs 19:24, Proverbs 19:24

16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

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Proverbs 26:12, Proverbs 26:12, Proverbs 12:15, Proverbs 12:15, 1 Peter 3:15

17Like one who grabs a dog's ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

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Proverbs 20:3, Proverbs 20:3, Luke 12:14, 2 Timothy 2:23, 2 Timothy 2:24

18Like a madman who shoots firebrands, arrows, and death,

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Proverbs 25:18, Proverbs 25:18, Isaiah 50:11, Isaiah 50:11, Proverbs 7:23

19is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?"

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Ephesians 5:4, Proverbs 10:23, Ephesians 5:4, Proverbs 10:23, Proverbs 14:9

20For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

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Proverbs 22:10, James 3:6, Proverbs 22:10, James 3:6, Proverbs 16:28

21As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.

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Proverbs 29:22, Proverbs 15:18, Proverbs 29:22, Proverbs 15:18, Proverbs 10:12

22The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.

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Proverbs 18:8, Proverbs 18:8, Proverbs 20:19, Proverbs 20:19, Ezekiel 22:9

23Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.

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Luke 22:47, Luke 22:48, Luke 22:47, Luke 22:48, Luke 11:39

24A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.

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Proverbs 12:20, Proverbs 12:20, Proverbs 10:18, Proverbs 10:18, Psalms 41:6

25When his speech is charming, do not believe him; for there are seven abominations in his heart.

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Proverbs 6:16, Proverbs 6:19, Proverbs 6:16, Proverbs 6:19, Jeremiah 12:6

26His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

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1 Samuel 18:17, Psalms 55:21, Psalms 55:23, 1 Samuel 18:17, Psalms 55:21

27Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

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Proverbs 28:10, Proverbs 28:10, Psalms 9:15, Psalms 9:15, Psalms 7:15

28A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

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John 8:44, John 8:49, John 8:44, John 8:49, John 10:32