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Book of Proverbs, Chapter 26

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Proverbs 26 NWT - New World TranslationProverbs 26 NWT - New World Translation

Chapter 26 of Proverbs—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Like snow in summer and like rain in harvesttime,1 so glory is not fitting for a stupid one.2
  2. ¶ Just as a bird has cause for fleeing [and] just as a swallow for flying, so a malediction itself does not come without real cause.3
  3. ¶ A whip is for the horse,4 a bridle5 is for the ass, and the rod is for the back of stupid people.6
  4. ¶ Do not answer anyone stupid according to his foolishness, that you yourself also may not become equal to him.7
  5. ¶ Answer someone stupid according to his foolishness, that he may not become someone wise in his own eyes.8
  6. ¶ As one that is mutilating [his] feet, as one that is drinking mere violence, is he that is thrusting matters into the hand of someone stupid.9
  7. ¶ Have the legs of the lame one drawn up water? Then there is a proverb in the mouth of stupid people.10
  8. ¶ Like one shutting up a stone in a heap of stones, so is the one giving glory to a mere stupid one.11
  9. ¶ As a thorny weed has come up into the hand of a drunkard, so a proverb into the mouth of stupid people.12
  10. ¶ As an archer piercing everything is the one hiring someone stupid13 or the one hiring passersby.
  11. ¶ Just like a dog returning to its vomit, the stupid one is repeating his foolishness.14
  12. ¶ Have you seen a man wise in his own eyes?15 There is more hope for the stupid one16 than for him.
  13. ¶ The lazy one has said: “There is a young lion in the way, a lion in among the public squares.”17
  14. ¶ A door keeps turning upon its pivot, and the lazy one upon his couch.18
  15. ¶ The lazy one has hidden his hand in the banquet bowl; he has become too weary to bring it back to his mouth.19
  16. ¶ The lazy one is wiser in his own eyes20 than seven giving a sensible reply.
  17. ¶ As one grabbing hold of the ears of a dog is anyone passing by that is becoming furious at the quarrel that is not his.21
  18. ¶ Just like someone mad that is shooting fiery missiles,22 arrows and death,
  19. so is the man that has tricked his fellowman and has said: “Was I not having fun?”23
  20. ¶ Where there is no wood the fire goes out, and where there is no slanderer contention grows still.24
  21. ¶ As charcoal for the embers and wood for the fire, so is a contentious man for causing a quarrel25 to glow.
  22. ¶ The words of a slanderer are like things to be swallowed greedily, which do go down into the innermost parts of the belly.26
  23. ¶ As a silver glazing overlaid upon a fragment of earthenware are fervent lips along with a bad heart.27
  24. ¶ With his lips the hater makes himself unrecognizable, but inside of him he puts deception.28
  25. Although he makes his voice gracious,29 do not believe in him,30 for there are seven detestable things31 in his heart.
  26. Hatred is covered over by deceit. His badness will be uncovered in the congregation.32
  27. ¶ He that is excavating a pit will fall into the same,33 and he that is rolling away a stone—back to him it will return.34
  28. ¶ A tongue that is false hates the one crushed by it,35 and a flattering mouth[a] causes an overthrow.36

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit., “and a mouth smooth.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Sa 12:17
  2. ^ Es 3:1; Pr 30:22; Ec 10:7
  3. ^ Ga 6:7
  4. ^ Ps 32:9; Na 3:2
  5. ^ Jm 3:3
  6. ^ Pr 10:13; 17:10; 27:22; 1Co 4:21; 2Co 10:6
  7. ^ 1Pe 3:9
  8. ^ Mt 21:24; Jn 9:27
  9. ^ Nu 13:31
  10. ^ Pr 17:7
  11. ^ Pr 19:10; 26:1
  12. ^ Pr 23:35
  13. ^ Pr 1:32
  14. ^ Ex 8:15; Mt 12:45; 2Pe 2:22
  15. ^ Pr 12:15; Ro 12:16; 1Co 3:18; 8:2
  16. ^ Pr 29:20
  17. ^ Pr 22:13
  18. ^ Pr 6:9; 19:15; 24:33
  19. ^ Pr 19:24
  20. ^ Pr 12:15
  21. ^ Lu 12:14; 1Th 4:11; 1Pe 4:15
  22. ^ Eph 6:16
  23. ^ Pr 10:23; 15:21
  24. ^ Pr 16:28; 22:10; Jm 3:6
  25. ^ Pr 3:30; 17:14
  26. ^ Pr 18:8
  27. ^ 2Sa 20:9; Mt 12:34; Lu 22:47
  28. ^ 2Sa 13:22; Pr 10:18
  29. ^ 2Sa 13:26; Ps 12:2; 28:3
  30. ^ Je 12:6
  31. ^ Pr 6:16
  32. ^ 1Co 4:5; 1Ti 5:24
  33. ^ Ps 7:15; 57:6; Pr 28:10
  34. ^ Es 7:10; Ps 9:15; Ec 10:8
  35. ^ Ge 37:32
  36. ^ Pr 7:21; 29:5

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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