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There is more hope for a fool than for him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Like one who grabs a dog's ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?"</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>When his speech is charming, don't believe him; for there are seven abominations in his heart.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/26-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The World English Bible is a 1997 revision of the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible, first published in 1901. It is in the Public Domain. Please feel free to copy and distribute it freely. Thank you to Michael Paul Johnson for making this work available. 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