# Proverbs 26

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/26

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. Like snow in summer and rain in harvest, so honor does not suit a fool.
2. Like a flitting sparrow, like a swallow flying away, so a curse without cause does not come upon him.
3. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools.
4. Do not answer a fool in keeping with his folly, lest you be like him too.
5. Answer a fool in keeping with his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
6. He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off feet and drinks violence.
7. Like the slack legs of the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8. Like tying a stone in a sling is giving honor to a fool.
9. Like a thorn rising into a drunkard's hand, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10. Like the great wounder of all is one who hires a fool or one who hires passersby.
11. Like a dog returning to its vomit, so is a fool repeating his folly.
12. Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? A fool has more hope than he.
13. The sluggard says, “A lion is in the road—a lion among the streets.”
14. The door turns on its hinge, as does the sluggard on his bed.
15. The sluggard hides his hand in the dish; he loathes to bring it back to his mouth.
16. The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven who answer with reason.
17. One who grasps a dog's ears is like one passing by who involves himself in a quarrel not his own.
18. Like a madman hurling firebrands, arrows, and death,
19. So is the man who beguiles his companion and says, "Am I not jesting?"
20. Fire is extinguished without wood; contention is stilled without a whisperer.
21. As coals are to embers and wood to fire, so is a brawling, contentious man to igniting strife.
22. The words of a whisperer are like wounds, and they go down into the innermost chambers of the belly.
23. Burning lips and an evil heart are like silver dross covering an earthen vessel.
24. A foe disguises himself with his lips, but stores up deceit within him.
25. When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.
26. Hatred is cloaked in deceit, but his evil is exposed in the assembly.
27. Whoever digs a pit falls into it; whoever rolls a stone, it returns to him.
28. A lying tongue hates those it crushes; a flattering mouth works ruin.

## Nearby chapters

[Proverbs 25](https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/25.md)
[Proverbs 27](https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/27.md)

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