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align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">NIV Parallel ESV <a href="../../bsb/proverbs/26.shtml">[BSB</a> <a href="../../csb/proverbs/26.shtml">CSB</a> <a href="../../esv/proverbs/26.shtml">ESV</a> <a href="../../hcs/proverbs/26.shtml">HCS</a> <a href="../../kjv/proverbs/26.shtml">KJV</a> <a href="../../isv/proverbs/26.shtml">ISV</a> <a href="../../nas/proverbs/26.shtml">NAS</a> <a href="../../net/proverbs/26.shtml">NET</a> <a href="../../niv/proverbs/26.shtml">NIV</a> <a href="../../nlt/proverbs/26.shtml">NLT</a> <a href="../../heb/proverbs/26.shtml">HEB]</a></div><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="50%">New International Version</td><td class="version" width="50%">English Standard Version</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Sending a message by the hands of a fool is like cutting off one's feet or drinking poison.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Like the useless legs of one who is lame is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Like one who binds the stone in the sling is one who gives honor to a fool.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Like a thornbush in a drunkard's hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Like an archer who wounds at random is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Like an archer who wounds everyone is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">A sluggard says, "There's a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!"<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">is one who deceives their neighbor and says, "I was only joking!"<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I am only joking!”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are fervent lips with an evil heart.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Enemies disguise themselves with their lips, but in their hearts they harbor deceit.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Though their speech is charming, do not believe them, for seven abominations fill their hearts.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext2">when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Their malice may be concealed by deception, but their wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext2">though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; 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