Proverbs Chapter 26 consists of 28 verses,
verses 1-12 are listed below:
verses 1-12 are listed below:
1.As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
2.As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
3.A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
4.Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
4.Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
5.Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
6.He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
7.The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
8.As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
9.As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
10.The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
11.As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
12.Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Reference Scriptures:
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;-Proverbs 1:1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.-Matthew 1:1...And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;-Matthew 1:6...And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.-Matthew 1:16
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,-Luke 3:23...Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.-Luke 3:38
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