Holman Christian Standard Bible

Proverbs 26:1-12 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

1. Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor is inappropriate for a fool.

2. Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow, an undeserved curse goes nowhere.

3. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools.

4. Don’t answer a fool according to his foolishness or you’ll be like him yourself.

5. Answer a fool according to his foolishness or he’ll become wise in his own eyes.

6. The one who sends a message by a fool’s hand cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

7. A proverb in the mouth of a foolis like lame legs that hang limp.

8. Giving honor to a foolis like binding a stone in a sling.

9. A proverb in the mouth of a foolis like a stick with thorns,brandished by the hand of a drunkard.

10. The one who hires a fool or who hires those passing byis like an archer who wounds everyone.

11. As a dog returns to its vomit,so a fool repeats his foolishness.

12. Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.