Proverbs 26:1-12

21st Century King James Version

26 As snow in summer and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool.

² As the bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, so a curse without cause shall not alight.

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.

⁵ Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he think himself wise in his own conceit.

⁶ He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh violence.

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 honor to a fool.

⁹ As a thorn pierceth into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

¹⁰ The great God who 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 for a fool than for him.