The Bible Says Commentary on Proverbs 26

Honor given to a fool is as out of place as snow in summer or rain in harvest.

A curse pronounced without cause does not land, the way a sparrow flits past without alighting.

A whip suits the horse, a bridle the donkey, and a rod the back of the fool who refuses gentler correction.

Sending a message by the hand of a fool cripples the sender and brings violence on him.

A proverb in the fool's mouth is as useless as the legs of a lame man, present but unable to function.

Giving honor to a fool ruins the mechanism the way binding a stone permanently into a sling ruins the weapon.

A proverb in a fool's mouth is a thorn in the hand of a drunkard, swung without awareness of what it cuts.

A fool returning to his folly is like a dog returning to its vomit, repeating what already harmed him.

A man wise in his own eyes is in worse shape than the obvious fool.

Meddling in another man's quarrel is grabbing a strange dog by the ears.

The whisperer's words are tasty morsels that lodge deep in the listener's interior.

Eloquent lips covering a wicked heart resemble cheap clay glazed with silver dross.

The man who hates uses gracious lips as a disguise while storing deceit in his heart.

Do not believe his gracious speech, for seven abominations are stored in his heart.

His hatred is covered for a time, but his wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.

The man who digs a pit falls into it, and the stone rolled uphill rolls back on the one who pushed it.

A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth works ruin on the one flattered and the flatterer.