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Proverbs 26 Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
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name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>Like a bird and a flying creature in the air, so an empty curse wanders.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>A whip for a horse and a goad for a donkey, so also is a rod for the fool.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>Do not give answer to a fool according to his foolishness, lest you also be like him.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>But speak with a fool according to your wisdom lest he think in his soul that he is wise.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>He that sends a message by the hand of a fool is asking for trouble.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>If you make a cripple walk, you may take the word of a fool.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>Like a stone in a sling, so is he that praises a fool.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>Thorns are sprung up in the hand of a drunkard and madness in the mouth of the fool.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>The flesh of the fool suffers much and a drunkard crosses the sea.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so is a fool that is insane in his foolishness.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>If you have seen a man that is wise in his own eyes, a fool is more useful than he.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>Whenever a lazy man is sent, he says, "A lion is in the road"; "A lion is in the midst of the streets.”<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>Like a door that swings around on its hinges, so the lazy man turns on his bed.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>The lazy one that hides his hands in his chest will labor to bring them to his mouth.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>The lazy one is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who make sense.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>He that meddles in a case that is not his is like he that takes a dog by its ears.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>Just as a braggart casts words like sharp arrows of death<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-19.htm#aramaic"><b>19</b></a></span>So is the man that deceives his neighbor, and when it is known, says, "I was just joking.”<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-20.htm#aramaic"><b>20</b></a></span>When there is no wood, the fire is extinguished, and where there is no troublemaker, strife ceases.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-21.htm#aramaic"><b>21</b></a></span>A gridiron for coals and wood for fire, and a malicious man provokes dispute.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-22.htm#aramaic"><b>22</b></a></span>The words of the malicious stir up strife and they go down to the inner chambers of the heart.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-23.htm#aramaic"><b>23</b></a></span>Like tried silver plated over a clay vessel, so are fiery lips and an evil heart.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-24.htm#aramaic"><b>24</b></a></span>By his lips a hateful man is known, and he plots an ambush within him.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-25.htm#aramaic"><b>25</b></a></span>And if he makes his voice gentle, do not believe him, because seven evils are within him.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-26.htm#aramaic"><b>26</b></a></span>The evil of him that hides hatred in his heart will be revealed in the assembly.<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-27.htm#aramaic"><b>27</b></a></span>He that digs a ditch will fall into it, and he that rolls a stone, it will return upon him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/26-28.htm#aramaic"><b>28</b></a></span>A lying tongue hates the truth and the malicious mouth works trouble. <p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Peshitta Holy Bible Translated<br>Translated by Glenn David Bauscher<br>Glenn David Bauscher<br>Lulu Publishing<br>Copyright © 2018 Lulu Publishing<br>3rd edition Copyright © 2019<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"' 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