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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Proverbs 26 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/26.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/proverbs/26-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</a> > Proverbs 26</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/25.htm" title="Proverbs 25">◄</a> Proverbs 26 <a href="../proverbs/27.htm" title="Proverbs 27">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Similitudes and Instructions<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, so honour is not <i>seemly</i> for a fool.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>As birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon any one without a cause.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, so <i>is</i> a rod for a simple nation.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou become like him.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He that sends a message by a foolish messenger procures for himself a reproach from his own ways.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><i>As well</i> take away the motion of the legs, as transgression from the mouth of fools.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He that binds up a stone in a sling, is like one that gives glory to a fool.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Thorns grow in the hand of a drunkard, and servitude in the hand of fools.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>All the flesh of fools endures much hardship; for their fury is brought to nought.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>As when a dog goes to his own vomit, and becomes abominable, so is fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin. <font color=blue>(26:11A)</font> <i><i>There is a shame that brings sin: and there is a shame <i>that is</i> glory and grace.</i></i><p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I have seen a man who seemed to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>A sluggard when sent on a journey says, <i>There is</i> a lion in the ways, and <i>there are</i> murderers in the streets.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>As he that lays hold of a dog's tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another's cause.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>As those who need correction put forth <i>fair</i> words to men, and he that first falls in with the proposal will be overthrown;<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>so are all that lay wait for their own friends, and when they are discovered, say, I did it in jest.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>With much wood fire increases; but where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>A hearth for coals, and wood for fire; and railing man for the tumult of strife.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The words of cunning knaves are soft; but they smite <i>even</i> to the inmost parts of the bowels.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Silver dishonestly given is to be considered as a potsherd: smooth lips cover a grievous heart.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>A weeping enemy promises all things with his lips, but in his heart he contrives deceit.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Though <i>thine</i> enemy intreat thee with a loud voice, consent not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He that hides enmity frames deceit: but being easily discerned, exposes his own sins in the public assemblies.<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>He that digs a pit for his neighbour shall fall into it: and he that rolls a stone, rolls it upon himself.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>A lying tongue hates the truth; and an unguarded mouth causes tumults.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../proverbs/25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Proverbs 25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Proverbs 25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../proverbs/27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Proverbs 27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Proverbs 27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>