3-Week Series: Double Blessing


Proverbs 26

1Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool.







8Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

9Like a thornbush in a drunkard’s hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.


11As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly.



14As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.


16A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly.


18Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death

19is one who deceives their neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

20Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.



23Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent Hebrew; Septuagint smooth lips with an evil heart.

24Enemies disguise themselves with their lips, but in their hearts they harbor deceit.



27Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them. 28A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.