Proverbs 26:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.

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  • Ps 12:8 : 8 The sinners are walking on every side, and evil is honoured among the children of men.
  • Ps 15:4 : 4 Who gives honour to those who have the fear of the Lord, turning away from him who has not the Lord's approval. He who takes an oath against himself, and makes no change.
  • Prov 17:7 : 7 Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.
  • Prov 19:10 : 10 Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.
  • Prov 26:8 : 8 Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.
  • Prov 28:16 : 16 The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.
  • Eccl 10:5-7 : 5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which comes by chance from a ruler: 6 The foolish are placed in high positions, but men of wealth are kept low. 7 I have seen servants on horses, and rulers walking on the earth as servants.
  • Ps 52:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of David. When Doeg the Edomite came to Saul saying, David has come to the house of Ahimelech.> Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day?
  • Judg 9:7 : 7 Now Jotham, on hearing of it, went to the top of Mount Gerizim, and crying out with a loud voice said to them, Give ear to me, you townsmen of Shechem, so that God may give ear to you.
  • Judg 9:20 : 20 But if not, may fire come out from Abimelech, burning up the townsmen of Shechem and Beth-millo; and may fire come out from the townsmen of Shechem and Beth-millo, for the destruction of Abimelech.
  • Judg 9:56-57 : 56 In this way Abimelech was rewarded by God for the evil he had done to his father in putting his seventy brothers to death; 57 And God sent back on to the heads of the men of Shechem all the evil they had done, and the curse of Jotham, the son of Jerubbaal, came on them.
  • 1 Sam 12:17-18 : 17 Is it not now the time of the grain cutting? My cry will go up to the Lord and he will send thunder and rain: so that you may see and be conscious of your great sin which you have done in the eyes of the Lord in desiring a king for yourselves. 18 So Samuel made prayer to the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people were in fear of the Lord and of Samuel.
  • Esth 3:1-9 : 1 After these things, by the order of the king, Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, was lifted up and given a position of honour and a higher place than all the other captains who were with him. 2 And all the king's servants who were in the king's house went down to the earth before Haman and gave him honour: for so the king had given orders. But Mordecai did not go down before him or give him honour. 3 Then the king's servants who were in the king's house said to Mordecai, Why do you go against the king's order? 4 Now when they had said this to him day after day and he gave no attention, they let Haman have news of it, to see if Mordecai's behaviour would be overlooked: for he had said to them that he was a Jew. 5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not go down before him and give him honour, Haman was full of wrath. 6 But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus. 7 In the first month, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, from day to day and from month to month they went on looking for a sign given by Pur (that is chance) before Haman, till the sign came out for the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar. 8 And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain nation living here and there in small groups among the people in all the divisions of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of any other nation, and they do not keep the king's laws: for this reason it is not right for the king to let them be. 9 If it is the king's pleasure, let a statement ordering their destruction be put in writing: and I will give to those responsible for the king's business, ten thousand talents of silver for the king's store-house. 10 And the king took his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of the Jews. 11 And the king said to Haman, The money is yours, and the people, to do with them whatever seems right to you. 12 Then on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king's scribes were sent for, and they put in writing Haman's orders to all the king's captains and the rulers of every division of his kingdom and the chiefs of every people: for every division of the kingdom in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs; it was signed in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with the king's ring. 13 And letters were sent by the runners into every division of the kingdom ordering the death and destruction of all Jews, young and old, little children and women, on the same day, even the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar, and the taking of all their goods by force. 14 A copy of the writing, to be made public in every part of the kingdom, was sent out to all the peoples, so that they might be ready when that day came. 15 The runners went out quickly by the king's order, and a public statement was made in Shushan: and the king and Haman took wine together: but the town of Shushan was troubled.
  • Esth 4:6 : 6 So Hathach went out and saw Mordecai in the open square of the town before the king's doorway.
  • Esth 4:9 : 9 And Hathach came back and gave Esther an account of what Mordecai had said.
  • Prov 26:3 : 3 A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:7-12
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    7The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.

    8Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.

    9Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

    10Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.

    11Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.

    12Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

  • Prov 26:2-5
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    2As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.

    3A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

    4Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

    5Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

  • Prov 3:35
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    35The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.

  • Eccl 7:5-6
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    5It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.

    6Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 12:15-16
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    15The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

    16A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

  • Prov 17:7
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    7Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

  • Prov 25:13-14
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    13As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master.

    14As clouds and wind without rain, so is one who takes credit for an offering he has not given.

  • Prov 20:3-4
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    3It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.

    4The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

  • Prov 24:7
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    7Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18Need and shame will be the fate of him who is uncontrolled by training; but he who takes note of teaching will be honoured.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.

  • Prov 14:7-9
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    7Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

    9In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.

  • Eccl 10:6
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    6The foolish are placed in high positions, but men of wealth are kept low.

  • Prov 27:22
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    22Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.

  • Ps 92:6
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    6A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.

  • Prov 10:5
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    5He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.

  • Prov 29:20
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    20Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him.

  • Prov 30:22
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    22A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

  • Eccl 7:9
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    9Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.

  • Prov 14:18
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    18Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

  • Prov 27:3
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    3A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.

  • Prov 10:8
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    8The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.