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1As snow in summer ⚓and rain in harvest,
So honor is not fitting for a fool.
2Like a flitting sparrow, like a flying swallow,
So ⚓a curse without cause shall not alight.
3⚓A whip for the horse,
A bridle for the donkey,
And a rod for the fool’s back.
4Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest you also be like him.
5⚓Answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
6He who sends a message by the hand of a fool
Cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
7Like the legs of the lame that hang limp
Is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8Like one who binds a stone in a sling
Is he who gives honor to a fool.
9Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard
Is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10The great God who formed everything
Gives the fool his hire and the transgressor his wages.
11⚓As a dog returns to his own vomit,
⚓So a fool repeats his folly.
12⚓Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13The lazy man says, “There is a lion in the road!
A fierce lion is in the streets!”
14As a door turns on its hinges,
So does the lazy man on his bed.
15The ⚓lazy man buries his hand in the bowl;
It wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
16The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can answer sensibly.
17He who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own
Is like one who takes a dog by the ears.
18Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,
19Is the man who deceives his neighbor,
And says, ⚓“I was only joking!”
20Where there is no wood, the fire goes out;
And where there is no talebearer, strife ceases.
21⚓As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
22The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles,
And they go down into the inmost body.
23Fervent lips with a wicked heart
Are like earthenware covered with silver dross.
24He who hates, disguises it with his lips,
And lays up deceit within himself;
25⚓When he speaks kindly, do not believe him,
For there are seven abominations in his heart;
26Though his hatred is covered by deceit,
His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.
27⚓Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
28A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it,
And a flattering mouth works ⚓ruin.
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1Lub koob meej muab rua tug kws ruag
kuj tsw phim yaam nkaus le
daus xwb daus npu lug rua lub caij ntuj kub
hab naag lug rua lub caij sau qoob.
2Yog yug tsw tau ua txhum
mas tej lug foom tsw zoo yuav tsw raug
ib yaam le tug noog piv kws yaa moog yaa lug
hab yaam le tug luv kws yaa tsw tsaws.
3Raab nplawm swv nplawm neeg,
txuj xauv swv saam neeg luav,
mas raab nplawm swv nplawm
tug ruag nraus qaum.
4Tsw xob teb tug ruag lawv le nwg txujkev ruag
tsaam tes koj tsua zoo nkaus le nwg lawm.
5Ca le teb tug ruag lawv le nwg txujkev ruag,
tsaam tes nwg pum tas nwg ntse lawm.
6Tug kws tso tug tuabneeg ruag xaa xuv
kuj yog nwg txav nwg kwtaw pov tseg
hab haus kev ab kev khwv.
7Tej paaj lug kws nyob
huv tug ruag lub qhov ncauj
zoo ib yaam nkaus le
txhais kwtaw kws luv dai vag swv tsw tau.
8Tug kws muab koob meej rua tug kws ruag
zoo ib yaam nkaus le nwg muab
lub qai zeb hlaws khi rua ntawm txuj roj maab.
9Tej paaj lug kws nyob
huv tug ruag lub qhov ncauj
zoo ib yaam nkaus le tug saus
kws nyob huv tug qaug cawv txhais teg.
10Tug kws ndav tug tuabneeg ruag
lossws tug kws qaug cawv kws dua kev,
kuj zoo ib yaam le tug kws tua neev ywj tua
raug txhua leej txhua tug.
11Tug ruag kws ua qhov ruag taag los ua thab,
kuj zoo ib yaam nkaus le
tug dev kws rov noj nwg cov ntuav.
12Koj pum tug kws nwg xaav has tas
nwg ntse los tsw pum?
Tseed muaj vaam
tug kws ruag heev dua le tug ntawd.
13Tug cis nkeeg has tas,
“Muaj tsuv ntxhuav nyob tom kev.
Muaj tsuv ntxhuav nyob ntawm ntug moos.”
14Lub qhov rooj qoj tau moog lug
ntawm tug puab rooj le caag,
tug cis nkeeg kuj ntxeev luj luam
sau nwg lub txaaj pw ib yaam le ntawd.
15Tug cis nkeeg muab txhais teg
tsau rua huv lub phaaj,
nwg nqaa txhais teg rua ntawm qhov ncauj
txug sav kawg.
16Tug kws cis nkeeg pum tas nwg ntse dua
xyaa leej kws teb tau tej lug thoob tswb to nrog.
17Tug kws ntxwg ceg rua huv luas tej lug
sws caav sws tshe kws tsw thaab raug nwg,
kuj zoo ib yaam le tug kws ntsab tug dev
kws dha hlaa moog nplooj ntseg.
18-19Tug kws daag lwm tug lawm
los tsua has tas, “Kuv laam tawb koj xwb,”
tes kuj zoo yaam le tug tuabneeg vwm
kws laim hlaav suavtawg
hab tua raab xub hab kev tuag tawm moog.
20Yog tawg taag lawm suavtawg kuj tuag,
hab yog tsw muaj tuabneeg lig xaiv
kuj tseg tsw muaj lug sws caav sws tshe.
21Thee ua rua cub tawg caj ncaig vug,
hab tawg ua rua nplaim tawg ci le caag,
tug kws pheej sws caav sws tshe
tshaum kuas muaj lug sws caav sws tshe
ib yaam le ntawd.
22Tug lig xaiv tej lug
zoo yaam nkaus tej zaub mov qaab qaab,
kws nkaag hlo moog rua huv plaab.
23Daim tawv ncauj nplag lub sab phem
kuj zoo yaam nkaus le cov kua tshuaj
kws muab luam rua lub taig aav.
24Tug kws ntxub luas
mas nwg daim tawv ncuaj zais lug,
hab nwg cib nyeej rua nruab sab.
25Thaus nwg has lug mog lug muas
tsw xob ntseeg nwg
tsua qhov ib puas tsaav yaam⚓
txujkev ntxub ntxaug nyob huv nwg lub sab.
26Txawm yog nwg muaj tswvyim
npog nwg txujkev ntxub ntxaug ca
los nwg txujkev limham yuav tshwm plawg lug
rua ib tsoom tuabneeg pum.
27Tug kws khawb qhov taub cuab luas,
nwg yuav poob rua huv lub qhov hov,
tug kws dov pob zeb lug
nwg yuav raug pob zeb tais.
28Tug nplaig kws daag,
ntxub tug kws nwg rhuav tshem,
hab lub ncauj qaab rog qaab ntse
coj kev puam tsuaj lug ze.