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Similitudes, Instructions
1 Like snow in summer and like A1 Sam 12:17rain in harvest,
So honor is not BProv 17:7fitting for a fool.
So a BNum 23:8; Deut 23:5; 2 Sam 16:12curse without cause does not 2Lit comealight.
3 A APs 32:9whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
And a BProv 10:13; 19:29rod for the back of fools.
4 AProv 23:9; 29:9; Is 36:21; Matt 7:6Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
Or you will also be like him.
That he not be BProv 3:7; 28:11; Rom 12:16wise in his own eyes.
6 He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence
Who sends a message by the hand of a fool.
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8 Like 1Lit the binding ofone who binds a stone in a sling,
So is he who gives honor to a fool.
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10 1Or A master workman produces all things, But he who hires a fool is like one who hires those who pass byLike an archer who wounds everyone,
So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.
11 Like A2 Pet 2:22a dog that returns to its vomit
Is a fool who BEx 8:15repeats 1Lit with hishis folly.
12 Do you see a man AProv 3:7; 26:5wise in his own eyes?
BProv 29:20There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13 The AProv 22:13sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
A lion is 1Lit withinin the open square!”
14 As the door turns on its hinges,
So does the AProv 6:9sluggard on his bed.
15 The AProv 19:24sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again.
16 The sluggard is AProv 27:11wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can 1Lit return discreetlygive a discreet answer.
17 Like one who takes a dog by the ears
18 Like a madman who throws
AIs 50:11Firebrands, arrows and death,
19 So is the man who AProv 24:28deceives his neighbor,
And says, “BEph 5:4Was I not joking?”
20 For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no AProv 16:28whisperer, BProv 22:10contention quiets down.
21 Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
So is a AProv 15:18; 29:22contentious man to kindle strife.
22 The AProv 18:8words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the 1Lit chambers of the bellyinnermost parts of the body.
Are burning lips and a wicked heart.
But he lays up BProv 12:20deceit in his 1Lit inward partheart.
25 When 1Lit his voice is gracioushe APs 28:3; Prov 26:23; Jer 9:8speaks graciously, do not believe him,
For there are seven abominations in his heart.
His wickedness will be BLuke 8:17revealed before the assembly.
27 He who AEsth 7:10; Prov 28:10digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
28 A lying tongue hates 1Lit its crushed onesthose it crushes,
And a AProv 29:5flattering mouth works ruin.
126:2 Lit wandering
B26:2 Num 23:8; Deut 23:5; 2 Sam 16:12
226:2 Lit come
A26:4 Prov 23:9; 29:9; Is 36:21; Matt 7:6
B26:5 Prov 3:7; 28:11; Rom 12:16
126:7 Lit hang down from
126:8 Lit the binding of
126:9 Lit goes up
126:10 Or A master workman produces all things, But he who hires a fool is like one who hires those who pass by
126:11 Lit with his
126:13 Lit within
126:16 Lit return discreetly
126:17 Lit infuriates himself
126:22 Lit chambers of the belly
126:24 Lit inward part
126:25 Lit his voice is gracious
A26:25 Ps 28:3; Prov 26:23; Jer 9:8
126:28 Lit its crushed ones