Proverbs 26:9
Like a thorn has gone up into the hand of a drunkard, so a proverb has gone up into the mouth of a fool.
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- Prov 23:35 : 35 You will say,“They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink.”
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- Prov 26:3-86 verses80%
3A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.
5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own opinion.
6Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message by the hand of a fool.
7Like legs dangle uselessly from the lame, so a proverb dangles in the mouth of fools.
8Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.
- Prov 26:10-123 verses77%
10Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passerby.
11Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
12You have seen a man wise in his own opinion– there is more hope for a fool than for him.
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9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
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6The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.
7The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.
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6For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.
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1Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever goes astray by them is not wise.
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23The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people proclaim folly.
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3In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.
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16What’s the point of a fool having money in hand to buy wisdom, when his head is empty?
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10Surely they will be totally consumed like entangled thorn bushes, like the drink of drunkards, like very dry stubble.
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24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is folly.
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18Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,
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16Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
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12Words and Works of Wise Men and Fools The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.
13At the beginning his words are foolish and at the end his talk is wicked madness,
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2The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.
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1Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
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3A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them.
- Prov 14:7-82 verses72%
7Walk abreast with a foolish person, and you do not understand wise counsel.
8The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.
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3Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, and shows everyone what a fool he is.
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22If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.
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24Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.
25A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.
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14The discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
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11A fool lets fly with all his temper, but a wise person keeps it back.
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15The toil of a stupid fool wears him out, because he does not even know the way to the city.
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1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.
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29Penalties have been prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools.
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23Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.
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33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is not known in the inner parts of fools.
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7Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.
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8The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.
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10The one who winks his eye causes trouble, and the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.
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26Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
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19The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.
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14Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.
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5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.
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5Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.
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15The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.
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22Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.
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3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.