Proverbs 26 (NET)

Proverbs 26:1¹Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 19:10Prov 28:161 Sam 12:17-18Esth 4:6Ps 12:8Ps 15:4Eccl 10:5-7Esth 3:1-15Esth 4:9Judg 9:20

Proverbs 26:2²Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 23:8Neh 13:2Ps 109:282 Sam 16:12Deut 23:4-51 Sam 17:43Prov 27:81 Sam 14:28-29

Proverbs 26:3³A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 10:131 Cor 4:21Ps 32:92 Cor 10:62 Cor 13:2Judg 8:5-7Prov 17:10Prov 19:25Prov 19:29Prov 27:22

Proverbs 26:4⁴Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 26:51 Pet 3:9Jude 1:91 Kgs 12:14Prov 17:141 Kgs 12:162 Sam 19:41-43Judg 12:1-61 Pet 2:21-232 Kgs 14:8-10

Proverbs 26:5⁵Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own opinion.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 16:1-4Rom 12:16Prov 28:11Prov 3:7Titus 1:13John 8:7John 9:26-33Luke 12:13-21Matt 21:23-27Prov 26:12

Proverbs 26:6⁶Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message by the hand of a fool.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 10:26Prov 25:13Prov 13:17Num 13:31

Proverbs 26:7⁷Like legs dangle uselessly from the lame, so a proverb dangles in the mouth of fools.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 26:9Prov 17:7Ps 64:8Matt 7:4-5Ps 50:16-21Luke 4:23

Proverbs 26:8⁸Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 26:1Prov 30:22Prov 19:10

Proverbs 26:9⁹Like a thorn has gone up into the hand of a drunkard, so a proverb has gone up into the mouth of a fool.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 23:35

Proverbs 26:10¹⁰Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passerby.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 11:31Rom 2:6

Proverbs 26:11¹¹Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Pet 2:22Matt 12:45Exod 8:15

Proverbs 26:12¹²You have seen a man wise in his own opinion — there is more hope for a fool than for him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 3:18-19Prov 29:20Prov 26:5Prov 28:11Rom 12:16Rev 3:17Luke 18:11Matt 21:31Prov 3:7Luke 7:44

Proverbs 26:13¹³The sluggard has said, “There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 22:13Prov 19:15Prov 15:19

Proverbs 26:14¹⁴Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 6:12Prov 12:24Prov 12:27Prov 24:33Prov 6:9-10

Proverbs 26:15¹⁵The sluggard has plunged his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 19:24

Proverbs 26:16¹⁶The sluggard is wiser in his own opinion than seven people who respond with good sense.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 3:15Prov 26:12Prov 12:15

Proverbs 26:17¹⁷Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 20:32 Tim 2:23-24Prov 18:6Luke 12:14Prov 17:11

Proverbs 26:18¹⁸Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 25:18Isa 50:11Prov 7:23Gen 49:23

Proverbs 26:19¹⁹so is a person who has deceived his neighbor, and said, “Was I not only joking?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 5:4Prov 10:23Prov 14:9Prov 15:212 Pet 2:13

Proverbs 26:20²⁰Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 16:28Jas 3:6Prov 22:10Prov 26:22

Proverbs 26:21²¹Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 15:18Prov 29:222 Sam 20:11 Kgs 12:2-31 Kgs 12:20Prov 10:12Prov 30:33Ps 120:4

Proverbs 26:22²²The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; and they have gone down into a person’s innermost being.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 18:8Ezek 22:9Prov 20:19

Proverbs 26:23²³Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 22:47-48Luke 11:39Prov 10:18Ezek 33:31Matt 23:27Prov 25:42 Sam 20:9-10

Proverbs 26:24²⁴The one who hates others disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 12:20Prov 10:18Ps 41:6Prov 12:17Prov 12:5Prov 14:8Prov 11:1

Proverbs 26:25²⁵When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations within him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 6:16-19Jer 12:6Ps 28:3Jer 9:2-8Matt 24:23Ps 12:2Mic 7:5

Proverbs 26:26²⁶Though his hatred may be concealed by deceit, his evil will be uncovered in the assembly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 55:21-231 Sam 18:171 Sam 18:212 Sam 13:22-282 Sam 3:27-30Gen 4:8

Proverbs 26:27²⁷The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone—it will come back on him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 28:10Ps 9:15Ps 7:15-16Ps 10:2Eccl 10:8Ps 57:6Esth 7:10

Proverbs 26:28²⁸A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 8:44-49Luke 20:20-21John 10:32-33Prov 29:5Prov 6:24Prov 7:21-23Prov 7:5John 15:22-24John 8:40