Provérbios 26— comparação

1Como a neve no verão, e como a chuva na colheita,

2Como o pardal que voa sem rumo,

3O chicote é para o cavalo,

4Não responda ao tolo segundo a sua estultícia,

5Responda ao tolo segundo a sua estultícia,

6Aquele que envia uma mensagem pelas mãos de um tolo

7Como as pernas do coxo que pendem frouxas,

8Como aquele que amarra uma pedra na funda,

9Como um espinheiro que entra na mão de um bêbado,

10Como um arqueiro que fere a todos,

11Como o cachorro que volta ao seu vômito,

12Você vê um homem sábio aos seus próprios olhos?

13O preguiçoso diz: “Há um leão no caminho!

14Como a porta gira em suas dobradiças,

15O preguiçoso esconde a mão no prato.

16O preguiçoso é mais sábio aos seus próprios olhos

17Como quem agarra as orelhas de um cachorro

18Como um louco que atira tochas, flechas e morte,

19é o homem que engana o seu próximo e diz: “Eu não estava apenas brincando?”

20Por falta de lenha o fogo se apaga.

21Como o carvão para as brasas,

22As palavras do fofoqueiro são como petiscos deliciosos,

23Como escória de prata sobre um vaso de barro

24O homem malicioso se disfarça com os seus lábios,

25Quando a sua fala for encantadora, não acredite nele,

26A sua malícia pode ser ocultada pelo engano,

27Quem cava uma cova cairá nela.

28A língua mentirosa odeia aqueles a quem fere;

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

2Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.

3A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!

4Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

6One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

7Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

8As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.

9Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

10As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.

11As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.

12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

13The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”

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

15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

17Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

18Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,

19is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”

20For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

21As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.

22The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.

23Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.

24A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.

25When his speech is charming, don’t believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

26His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

27Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

28A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.