Focused Passage

Proverbs 26:1

Fools, Sluggards, Quarrels, Gossip, Deceitful Speech, and the Ruin of Unrestrained Folly

The chapter moves from an extended warning about fools, to the self-deception of sluggards, to the danger of meddling and harmful joking, to gossip as conflict fuel, and finally to the concealed malice of lying and flattering speech.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

1Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.

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Verse 1

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Like snowכַּשֶּׁ֤לֶג׀H7950Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singularin summerבַּקַּ֗יִץH7019Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularand rainוְכַמָּטָ֥רH4306Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singularat harvestבַּקָּצִ֑ירH7105Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular. . .כֵּ֤ןH3651Adverbhonorכָּבֽוֹד׃H3519Noun - masculine singulardoes notלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlebefitנָאוֶ֖הH5000Adjective - masculine singulara foolלִכְסִ֣ילH3684Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular

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