Proverbs 26:9
A parable in a fooles mouth, is like a thorne yt pricketh a droncken man in ye hande.
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- Prov 23:35 : 35 They wounded me (shalt thou saie) but it hath not hurte me, they smote me, but I felt it not. Whe I am wel wakened, I wil go to ye drynke agayne.
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- Prov 26:3-86 verses80%
3 Vnto the horse belongeth a whyppe, to the Asse a brydle, and a rodde to the fooles backe.
4 Geue not the foole an answere after his foolishnesse, lest thou become like vnto him:
5 but make ye foole an answere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne coceate.
6 He is lame of his fete, yee droncken is he in vanite, that comitteth eny thinge to a foole.
7 Like as it is an vnsemely thige to haue legges & yet to halte, eue so is a parable in ye fooles mouth.
8 He yt setteth a foole in hye dignite, yt is eue as yf a man dyd cast a precious stone vpo ye galous.
- Prov 26:10-123 verses77%
10 A man of experience discerneth all thinges well, but whoso hyreth a foole, hyreth soch one as wyl take no hede.
11 Like as the dogg turneth agayne to his vomite, euen so a foole begynneth his foolishnesse agayne afresh.
12 Yf thou seyest a man yt is wyse in his owne conceate, there is more hope in a foole then in hi.
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9 Tel nothinge in to ye eares of a foole, for he wyl despyse the wy?dome of thy wordes.
- Prov 18:6-72 verses74%
6 A fooles lippes are euer brawlinge, and his mouth prouoketh vnto batayll.
7 A fooles mouth is his owne destruccion, and his lippes are ye snare for his owne soule.
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6 For the laughinge of fooles is like ye crackynge of thornes vnder a pott. And yt is but a vayne thinge.
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1 Wyne is a voluptuous thinge, & drockennes causeth sedicion: who so delyteth therin, shal neuer be wyse.
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23 He that hath vnderstodinge, can hyde his wysdome: but an vndiscrete herte telleth out his foolishnesse.
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3 In the mouth of the foolish is the boostinge of lordshipe, but ye lippes of ye wyse wilbe warre of soch.
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16 What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his hode, where as he hath no mynde to bye wy?dome?
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10 For like as the thornes that sticke together, and as the drye strawe, so shal the dronckardes be consumed together, euen when they be full.
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24 Riches are an ornament vnto the wyse, but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.
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18 Like as one shuteth deadly arowes and dartes out of a preuy place, euen so doth a dyssembler with his neghboure,
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16 A wyse man doth all thinges with discrecion, but a foole wil declare his foly.
- Eccl 10:12-132 verses73%
12 The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gracious, but the lippes of a foole wil destroye himself.
13 The begynnynge of his talkynge is foolishnes, and the last worde of his mouth is greate madnesse.
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2 A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege, a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but foolishnesse.
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1 Like as snowe is not mete in sommer, ner rayne in haruest: euen so is worshipe vnsemely for a foole.
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3 The stone is heuy, and the sonde weightie: but a fooles wrath is heuyer then they both.
- Prov 14:7-82 verses72%
7 Se yt thou medle not with a foole, & do as though thou haddest no knowlege.
8 The wy?dome of him that hath vnderstondinge is, to take hede vnto his waye, but the foolishnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth.
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3 A dotinge foole thinketh, yt euery ma doth as foolishly as himself.
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22 Though thou shuldest bray a foole wt a pestell in a morter like otemeell, yet wil not his foolishnesse go from him.
- Prov 17:24-252 verses72%
24 Wy?dome shyneth in ye face of him yt hath vnderstondinge, but ye eyes of fooles wandre thorow out all lodes.
25 An vndiscrete sonne is a grefe vnto his father, and heuynesse vnto his mother yt bare him.
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14 A wyse herte wil seke after knowlege, but ye mouth of fooles medleth with foolishnesse.
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11 A foole poureth out his sprete alltogether, but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde.
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15 The laboure of ye foolish is greuous vnto the, while they knowe not how to go in to the cite.
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1 Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.
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29 Punyshmentes are ordened for the scornefull, and stripes for fooles backes.
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23 A foole doth wickedly & maketh but a sporte of it: neuertheles it is wysdome for a man to bewarre of soch.
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33 Wy?dome resteth in the herte of him that hath vnderstondinge, and he wyll teach them that are vnlerned.
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7 Wy?dome is an hie thinge, yee eue to ye foole, for he darre not ope his mouth in ye gate.
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8 A wyse man wil receaue warnynge, but a foole wil sooner be smytten in the face.
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10 He yt wynketh with his eye, wil do some harme: but he that hath a foolish mouth, shalbe beaten.
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26 As vyneger is to the teth, and as smoke is vnto ye eyes, eue so is a slogish personne to them that sende him forth.
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19 The waye of ye slouthfull is full of thornes, but ye strete of the rightuous is well clensed.
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14 Wyse me laye vp knowlege, but ye mouth of ye foolish is nye destruccio.
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5 A foole despyseth his fathers correccion, but he yt taketh hede whan he is reproued, shal haue ye more vnderstodinge.
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5 Speares and snares are in ye waye of the frowarde, but he yt wil kepe his soule, let him fle fro soch.
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15 Loke what a foole taketh in honde, he thinketh it well done: but he that is wyse, wyl be couceled.
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22 Vnderstondinge is a well of life vnto him yt hath it, as for ye chastenynge of fooles, it is but foolishnesse.
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3 Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye, & then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE.