### Douay Rheims Bible

Proverbs 25

## The Proverbs

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| # Chapter 26
#### 1 | As snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so glory is not seemly for a fool.
#### 2 | As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man.
#### 3 | A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
#### 4 | Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be made like him.
#### 5 | Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.
#### 6 | He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity.
#### 7 | As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.
#### 8 | As he that casteth a stone into the heap of Mercury: so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
#### 9 | As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
#### 10 | Judgment determineth causes: and he that putteth a fool to silence, appeaseth anger.
#### 11 | As a dog that returneth to his vomit, so is the fool that repeateth his folly.
#### 12 | Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him.
#### 13 | The slothful man saith: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness in the roads.
#### 14 | As the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
#### 15 | The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and it grieveth him to turn it to his mouth.
#### 16 | The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences.
#### 17 | As he that taketh a dog by the ears, so is he that passeth by in anger, and meddleth with another man's quarrel.
#### 18 | As he is guilty that shooteth arrows, and lances unto death :
#### 19 | So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, saith: I did it in jest.
#### 20 | When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease.
#### 21 | As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so an angry man stirreth up strife.
#### 22 | The words of a talebearer are as it were simple, but they reach to the innermost parts of the belly.
#### 23 | Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthen vessel adorned with silver dross.
#### 24 | An enemy is known by his lips, when in his heart he entertaineth deceit.
#### 25 | When he shall speak low, trust him not: because there are seven mischiefs in his heart.
#### 26 | He that covereth hatred deceitfully, his malice shall be laid open in the public assembly.
#### 27 | He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return to him.
#### 28 | A deceitful tongue loveth not truth: and a slippery mouth worketh ruin.

Proverbs 27

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