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Proverbs
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English: Basic English Bible |
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Proverbs 26 [Context] [Commentary] 
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The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him. |
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The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense. |
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He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by. |
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As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death, |
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So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport? |
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Without wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no secret talk, argument is ended. |
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Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started. |
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The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach. |
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Smooth lips and an evil heart are like a vessel of earth plated with silver waste. |
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With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him; |
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When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils: |
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Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people. |
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He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again. |
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A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling. |
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