{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/proverbs/26","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T11:17:21.232Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":26,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":25,"nextChapter":27,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":28},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"As snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so glory is not seemly for a fool. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be made like him. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"As he that casteth a stone into the heap of Mercury: so is he that giveth honour to a fool. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Judgment determineth causes: and he that putteth a fool to silence, appeaseth anger. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"As a dog that returneth to his vomit, so is the fool that repeateth his folly. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The slothful man saith: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness in the roads. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"As the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and it grieveth him to turn it to his mouth. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"As he that taketh a dog by the ears, so is he that passeth by in anger, and meddleth with another man's quarrel. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"As he is guilty that shooteth arrows, and lances unto death : "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, saith: I did it in jest. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so an angry man stirreth up strife. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The words of a talebearer are as it were simple, but they reach to the innermost parts of the belly. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthen vessel adorned with silver dross. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"An enemy is known by his lips, when in his heart he entertaineth deceit. "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"When he shall speak low, trust him not: because there are seven mischiefs in his heart. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"He that covereth hatred deceitfully, his malice shall be laid open in the public assembly. "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return to him. "},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"A deceitful tongue loveth not truth: and a slippery mouth worketh ruin. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 26 (DRB)","markdown":"[Proverbs 26](https://primebible.com/drb/proverbs/26)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/proverbs/26 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}