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.
5Answer 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.
7The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.
8As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that giveth honour to a fool.
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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.
7A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.
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6For 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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10For 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.
13The 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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3Yea 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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15The 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.