Proverbs 26:2-28 - ESV - Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow ...

2 Like ¹a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, ²a curse that is causeless does not alight.

3 ³A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and ⁴a rod for the back of fools.

4 ⁵Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.

5 ⁶Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be ⁷wise in his own eyes.

6 Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and ⁸drinks 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 ⁹one who gives honor to a fool.

9 Like ¹⁰a 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 ¹¹a dog that returns to his vomit is ¹²a fool who repeats his folly.

12 Do you see a man who is ¹³wise in his own eyes? ¹⁴There is more hope for a fool than for him.

13 ¹⁵The 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 ¹⁶The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.

16 The sluggard is ¹⁷wiser in his own eyes ¹⁸than 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 ¹⁹firebrands, 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 ²⁰whisperer, ²¹quarreling ceases.

21 As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is ²²a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

22 ²³The words of ²⁴a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

23 ²⁵Like the ²⁶glaze^b covering an earthen vessel are fervent lips with an evil heart.

24 Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;

25 ²⁷when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are ²⁸seven abominations in his heart;

26 though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

27 ²⁹Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.

28 A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Provérbios 26:2 Como o pássaro no seu vaguear, como a andorinha no seu voar, assim a maldição sem causa não encontra pouso.

Proverbs 26:2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

Proverbs 26:2 Like a flitting sparrow, like a flying swallow, So a curse without cause shall not alight.

Provérbios 26:2 Como o pardal que voa em fuga, e a andorinha que esvoaça veloz,assim a maldição sem motivo justo não pega.

Proverbs 26:2-28 ESV