微读圣经

1Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, 1Sm 12:17

honor is inappropriate for a fool. Pr 17:7; 19:10

2Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow, Pr 27:8

an undeserved curse goes nowhere. Nm 23:8; Dt 23:5; 2Sm 16:12

3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, Ps 32:9

and a rod for the backs of fools. Pr 10:13; 19:29

4Don’t answer a fool according to his foolishness Pr 23:9; 29:9; Mt 7:6; Lk 23:9

or you’ll be like him yourself.

5Answer a fool according to his foolishness Mt 16:1-4; 21:24-27

or he’ll become wise in his own eyes. Pr 26:12; 28:11; Rm 12:16

6The one who sends a message by a fool’s hand Pr 10:26; 25:13

cuts off his own feet and drinks violence. Pr 13:2

7A proverb in the mouth of a fool

is like lame legs that hang limp.

8Giving honor to a fool

is like binding a stone in a sling. A stone bound in a sling would not release and could harm the person using the sling. A modern equivalent is jamming a cork in a gun barrel.

9A proverb in the mouth of a fool

is like a stick with thorns,

brandished by Lit thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard.

10The one who hires a fool or who hires those passing by

is like an archer who wounds everyone.

11As a dog returns to its vomit,

so a fool repeats his foolishness. 2Pt 2:22

12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? Pr 3:7; 26:5; Rm 12:16

There is more hope for a fool than for him. Pr 29:20

13The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road —

a lion in the public square! ” Pr 22:13

14A door turns on its hinges,

and a slacker, on his bed. Pr 6:9-10; 19:15

15The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;

he is too weary to bring it to his mouth. Pr 12:27; 19:24

16In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser Pr 26:5,12; 28:11

than seven men who can answer sensibly.

17A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not his

is like one who grabs a dog by the ears.

18Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows, Is 50:11

19so is the man who deceives his neighbor

and says, “I was only joking! ”

20Without wood, fire goes out;

without a gossip, conflict dies down. Pr 16:28; 22:10

21As charcoal for embers and wood for fire,

so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. Pr 15:18

22A gossip’s words are like choice food

that goes down to one’s innermost being. Lit to the chambers of the belly Pr 18:8

23Smooth LXX; MT reads Burning lips with an evil heart

are like glaze on an earthen vessel. Mt 23:27; Lk 11:39

24A hateful person disguises himself with his speech

and harbors deceit within.

25When he speaks graciously, don’t believe him,

for there are seven abominations in his heart. Ps 28:3

26Though his hatred is concealed by deception,

his evil will be revealed in the assembly.

27The one who digs a pit will fall into it,

and whoever rolls a stone —

it will come back on him. Est 7:10; Jb 4:8; Pr 28:10; Dn 6:24; Mt 26:52

28A lying tongue hates those it crushes,

and a flattering mouth causes ruin.