New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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1 Like snow in summer or rain at harvest,
honour is unseasonable in a stupid man.
2 Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,
groundless abuse gets nowhere.
3 The whip for a horse, the bridle for an ass,
the rod for the back of a fool!
4 Do not answer a stupid man in the language of his folly,
or you will grow like him;
5 answer a stupid man as his folly deserves,
or he will think himself a wise man.
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6 He who sends a fool on an errand
cuts his own leg off and displays the stump.
7 A proverb in the mouth of stupid men
dangles helpless as a lame man's legs.
8 Like one who gets the stone caught in his sling
is he who bestows honour on a fool.
9 Like a thorn that pierces a drunkard's hand
is a proverb in a stupid man's mouth.
10 Like an archer who shoots at any passer-by note
is one who hires a stupid man or a drunkard.
11 Like a dog returning to its vomit
is a stupid man who repeats his folly.
12 Do you see that man who thinks himself so wise?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13 The sluggard protests, ‘There is a lion note in the highway,
a lion at large in the streets.’
14 A door turns on its hinges,
a sluggard on his bed.
15 A sluggard plunges his hand in the dish
but is too lazy to lift it to his mouth.
16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
than seven men who answer sensibly.
17 Like a man who seizes a passing cur by the ears
is he who meddles note in another's quarrel.
19 note A man who deceives another
and then says, ‘It was only a joke’,
18 is like a madman shooting at random
his deadly darts and arrows.
20 For lack of fuel a fire dies down
and for want of a tale-bearer a quarrel subsides.
21 Like bellows note for the coal and fuel for the fire
is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22 A gossip's whispers are savoury morsels
gulped down into the inner man.
23 Glib speech that covers a spiteful heart
is like glaze spread on earthenware.
24 With his lips an enemy may speak you fair
but inwardly he harbours deceit;
25 when his words are gracious, do not trust him,
for seven abominations fill his heart;
26 he may cloak his enmity in dissimulation,
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but his wickedness is shown up before the assembly.
27 If he digs a pit, he will fall into it;
if he rolls a stone, it will roll back upon him.
28 A lying tongue makes innocence seem guilty,
and smooth words conceal their sting.
New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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