Proverbs Chapter 26 - | Early Church Bible

1: As [G5618] dew in [G1722] harvest , and [G2532] as [G5618] rain [G5205] in [G1722] summer [G2330], so [G3779] not [G3756] is [seemly] for a fool honor [G5092].
2: As [G5618] birds [G3732] spread out [to fly and [G2532] sparrows , so [G3779] oath a vain [G3152] will not [G3756] come unto [G1904] one [thing] [G3762].
3: As [G5618] a whip [G3148] to a horse [G2462], and [G2532] a spur [G2759] to a donkey [G3688], so [G3779] a rod [G4464] tradition-people (ethnic) '[G1484] to a lawbreaking .
4: Do not [G3361] give an answer to a fool according to [G2596] the [G3588] that one's [G1565] folly , lest [G2443][G3361] likened [G3664] you should become [G1096] to him [G1473]!
5: But answer a fool to [G4314] the [G3588] folly of that one [G1565]! lest [G2443][G3361] he should appear [G5316] wise [G4680] of [G3844] himself [G1438].
6: by [G1537] the [G3588] 10> his own ways [G3598][G1438] scorn [G3681] will cause [G4160] the [G3588] [one] sending through [G1223] word-conveyer (messenger) ' a foolish a word [G3056].
7: Remove goings [G4197] of legs [G4628], and [G2532] proverbs [G3942] from out of [G1537] mouth [G4750] of fools .
8: The one who [G3739] binds up a stone [G3037] in [G1722] a sling , likened [G3664] is to the [G3588] [one] giving [G1325] a fool glory [G1391].
9: Thorn-bushes germinate [G5453] in [G1722] hand [G5495] of the [G3588] intoxicated [G3183]; and servitude [G1397][G1161] in [G1722] hand [G5495] of the [G3588] fools .
10: much [G4183] is tossed by a storm [G5492] All [G3956] flesh [G4561] of fools ; is destroyed [G4937] for [G1063] the [G3588]ir ecstasy [G1611][G1473].
11: As [G5618] a dog [G2965] whenever [G3752] it comes [G1904] upon [G1909] the [G3588] its own [G1438] vomit , and [G2532] detested becomes [G1096]; so [G3779] a fool [to the [G3588] his own [G1438] evil [G2549] returning , unto [G1909] the [G3588] his own [G1438] sin .
12: I looked [at] [G1492] a man seeming [G1380] of [G3844] himself [G1438] wise [G4680] to be , [more] hope [G1680] however [G3305] had [G2192] rather than [G3123] a fool he [G1473].
13: says [G3004] lazy one [G3636] when being sent into [G1519] way [G3598], A lion [G3023] [is] in [G1722] the [G3588] ways [G3598], and in [G1722][G1161] the [G3588] squares [G4113] [are] murderers .
14: As [G5618] a door [G2374] turns [G4762] upon [G1909] the [G3588] hinge , so [G3779] lazy one [G3636] upon [G1909] the [G3588] his bed [G2825][G1473].
15: hiding [G2928] lazy one [G3636] the [G3588] hand [G5495] in [G1722] the [G3588] his bosom [G2859][G1473] will not [G3756] be able [G1410] to bring [it [G2018] unto [G1909] the [G3588] mouth [G4750].
16: wiser [G4680] to himself [G1438] lazy one [G3636] appears [G5316] the [G3588] in [G1722] fulfilling [G4140] transmitting a word-conveyed (message) '.
17: As [G5618] the [G3588] [one] holding [G2902] tail of a dog [G2965]; so [G3779] the [G3588] [one] setting himself over [G4291] a stranger's case [G2920].
18: As [G5618] the [G3588] [ones] [needing] healing [G2390] propounds [G4261] words [G3056] unto [G1519] men , and the [G3588][G1161] one meeting the [G3588] word [G3056] first [G4413] will be tripped up .
19: Thus [G3779] are all [G3956] the [G3588] [ones] lying in wait [G1748] for the [G3588]ir own [G1438] friends [G5384]; and whenever [G3752][G1161] they should be caught in the act , they say [G3004] that [G3754], In playing [G3815] I acted [G4238].
20: With [G1722] much [G4183] wood [G3586] flourishes fire [G4442]; but where [G3699][G1161] there is no [G3756] man at variance [with others is stilled [G2270] a fight [G3163].
21: A grate for coals , and [G2532] wood [G3586] for a fire [G4442]; man and [G1161] a reviling [G3060] for [G1519] a disturbance [G5016] to a fight [G3163].
22: Words [G3056] of mischievous men are soft [G3120]; but these [G3778][G1161] beat [G5180] into [G1519] inner chambers [G5009] of intestines [G4698].
23: Silver given [G1325] with [G3326] treachery [G1388], [is] as [G5618] a potsherd esteemed . lips [G5491] Smooth [G3006] heart [G2588] cover [G2572] a distressed .
24: with [his] lips [G5491] all [things] [G3956] assents to [G1962] weeping An enemy [G2190]; but in [G1722][G1161] the [G3588] heart [G2588] he contrives treachery [G1388].
25: If [G1437] should beseech you [G1473][G1189] the [G3588] enemy [G2190] with a great [G3173] the [G3588] voice [G5456], do not [G3361] yield [G3982] to him [G1473]; seven [G2033] for [G1063] there are wickednesses [G4189] in [G1722] the [G3588] his heart [G2588][G1473].
26: the [one] [G3588] hiding [G2928] hatred [G2189] stands together [G4921] [with] treachery [G1388], and he conceals [G1161] the [things] [G3588] of his own [G1438] sins well-known in [G1722] sanhedrin [G4892].
27: the [one] [G3588] digging [G3736] a pit [for his the [G3588] neighbor [G4139] will fall [G1706] into [G1519] it [G1473]; and the [G3588][G1161] one rolling [G2947] a stone [G3037], upon [G1909] himself [G1438] rolls it [G2947].
28: tongue [G1100] A lying [G5571] detests [G3404] truth ; mouth [G4750] and [G1161] an open-mouthed makes [G4160] commotion .