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

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

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Verse 1

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Like snow כַּשֶּׁ֤לֶג׀ H7950 Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular in summer בַּקַּ֗יִץ H7019 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular and rain וְכַמָּטָ֥ר H4306 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular at harvest בַּקָּצִ֑יר H7105 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular . . . כֵּ֤ן H3651 Adverb honor כָּבֽוֹד׃ H3519 Noun - masculine singular does not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle befit נָאוֶ֖ה H5000 Adjective - masculine singular a fool לִכְסִ֣יל H3684 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular

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