Proverbs 26 | BSB Bible Study

Proverbs 26:1 (BSB)
Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.

Proverbs 26:2 (BSB)
Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

Proverbs 26:3 (BSB)
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

Proverbs 26:4 (BSB)
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.

Proverbs 26:5 (BSB)
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.

Proverbs 26:6 (BSB)
Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

Proverbs 26:7 (BSB)
Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Proverbs 26:8 (BSB)
Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

Proverbs 26:9 (BSB)
Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Proverbs 26:10 (BSB)
Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.

Proverbs 26:11 (BSB)
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

Proverbs 26:12 (BSB)
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Proverbs 26:13 (BSB)
The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”

Proverbs 26:14 (BSB)
As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.

Proverbs 26:15 (BSB)
The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.

Proverbs 26:16 (BSB)
The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

Proverbs 26:17 (BSB)
Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

Proverbs 26:18 (BSB)
Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,

Proverbs 26:19 (BSB)
so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

Proverbs 26:20 (BSB)
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

Proverbs 26:21 (BSB)
Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

Proverbs 26:22 (BSB)
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

Proverbs 26:23 (BSB)
Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.

Proverbs 26:24 (BSB)
A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.

Proverbs 26:25 (BSB)
When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.

Proverbs 26:26 (BSB)
Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

Proverbs 26:27 (BSB)
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

Proverbs 26:28 (BSB)
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

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