Proverbs 26:9
As a thorn 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 sick; 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 fool's back.
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 the feet, and drinketh damage.
7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
- Prov 26:10-123 verses77%
10 The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to 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 ears 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 strokes.
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 is raging: and whosoever is deceived 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 of 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 get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
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10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
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24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
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18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
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16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open 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 useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
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1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
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3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
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7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not 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 he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom 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 among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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24 Wisdom is before 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 foolishness.
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11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
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15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because 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 scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
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23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
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33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst 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 slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
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14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
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5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
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5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep 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 hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
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22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
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3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.