Proverbs 26:3-23 - ESV - A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, ...

3 ¹A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and ²a rod for the back of fools.

4 ³Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.

5 ⁴Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be ⁵wise in his own eyes.

6 Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and ⁶drinks violence.

7 Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

8 Like one who binds the stone in the sling is ⁷one who gives honor to a fool.

9 Like ⁸a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

10 Like an archer who wounds everyone is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.^a

11 Like ⁹a dog that returns to his vomit is ¹⁰a fool who repeats his folly.

12 Do you see a man who is ¹¹wise in his own eyes? ¹²There is more hope for a fool than for him.

13 ¹³The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!"

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

15 ¹⁴The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.

16 The sluggard is ¹⁵wiser in his own eyes ¹⁶than seven men who can answer sensibly.

17 Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.

18 Like a madman who throws ¹⁷firebrands, arrows, and death

19 is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I am only joking!"

20 For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no ¹⁸whisperer, ¹⁹quarreling ceases.

21 As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is ²⁰a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

22 ²¹The words of ²²a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

23 ²³Like the ²⁴glaze^b covering an earthen vessel are fervent lips with an evil heart.

Provérbios 26:3 O açoite é para o cavalo, o freio para o jumento, e a vara para as costas dos tolos.

Proverbs 26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

Proverbs 26:3 A whip for the horse, A bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the fool's back.

Provérbios 26:3 O chicote é para o cavalo; o freio, para o jumento;e a vara, para as costas do tolo!

Proverbs 26:3-23 ESV