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Глава 26

1. ¶ LIKE snow in summer and like rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool.
2. ¶ Like sparrows wandering and like birds flying in the air, so the curse that is causeless shall be driven away.
3. ¶ A whip for the horse, a goad for the ass, and a rod for the back of a fool.
4. ¶ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be also like him.
5. But answer a fool according to your wisdom, lest he think in himself that he is wise.
6. ¶ He who sends a message by the hand of a fool drinks iniquity from under his own feet.
7. As a lame man who cannot walk, so is a parable in the mouth of a fool.
8. Like a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
9. Thorns spring up in the hand of a drunkard, and folly in the mouth of a foot.
10. ¶ The body of a fool is greatly afflicted, and a drunkard thinks that he can cross a sea.
11. ¶ As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool that misbehaves in his folly.
12. ¶ If you should see a man wise in his own eyes, a fool is much better than he.
13. ¶ The sluggard says, when he is sent out, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
14. ¶ As a door turns upon its hinges, so does the slothful turn on his bed.
15. ¶ The slothful hides his hands in his bosom; it grieves him to bring them again to his mouth.
16. ¶ The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men with good reasoning.
17. ¶ He who meddles with a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a dog by the ears.
18. ¶ Like haughty men who utter words sharp and deadly as arrows,
19. So is the man who deceives his neighbor; when he is caught, he says, I was merely jesting.
20. ¶ When there is no wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no troublesome person, the strife ceases.
21. As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a malicious person to kindle strife.
22. The words of the malicious stir up trouble; they go down into the innermost parts of the heart.
23. ¶ Like silver dross which sticks to an earthen pot, so are enraged lips and an evil heart.
24. ¶ He who hates is known by his own speech; in his heart he entertains deceit;
25. Though he speaks in a gentle tone, believe him not; for there are seven abominations in his heart.
26. He who conceals hatred in his heart, his wickedness shall be revealed in the congregation.
27. ¶ He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and he who rolls a stone, it will return upon him.
28. ¶ A lying tongue hates the truth; and a troublesome mouth stirs up a quarrel.