Proverbs 26:9
[ As] a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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- Prov 23:35 : 35 They have stricken me, [shalt thou say], and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
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- Prov 26:3-86 verses80%
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.
6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off [his own] feet, [and] drinketh in damage.
7 The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
8 As one that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honor to a fool.
- Prov 26:10-123 verses77%
10 [As] an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.
11 As a dog that returneth to his vomit, [So is] a fool that repeateth his folly.
12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
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9 Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
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6 A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.
7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
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6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
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1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
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23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge; But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
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3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for [his] pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
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16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?
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10 For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.
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24 The crown of the wise is their riches; [But] the folly of fools is [only] folly.
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18 As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death,
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16 Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth [his] folly.
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12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
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2 The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.
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1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.
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3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.
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7 Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive [in him] the lips of knowledge.
8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.
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3 Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one [that] he is a fool.
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22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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24 Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.
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14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.
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11 A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.
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15 The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.
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1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
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29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.
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23 It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.
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33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; But [that which is] in the inward part of fools is made known.
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7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.
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8 The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.
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10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; But a prating fool shall fall.
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26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.
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19 The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.
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14 Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.
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5 A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
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5 Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
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15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.
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22 Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is [their] folly.
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3 The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.