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Saturday, June 15th, 2024
the Week of Proper 5 / Ordinary 10
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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 17:12; Proverbs 23:9; Proverbs 26:4-11; Proverbs 27:22; Proverbs 29:9

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Proverbs 17:12
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Let a (n)man meet a (o)bear robbed of her cubs, Rather than a fool in his folly.
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Proverbs 23:9
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(j)Do not speak in the [h]hearing of a fool, For he will (k)despise the wisdom of your words.
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Proverbs 26:4
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(g)Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him.
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Proverbs 26:5
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(h)Answer a fool as his folly deserves, That he not be (i)wise in his own eyes.
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Proverbs 26:6
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He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence Who sends a message by the hand of a fool.
Proverbs 26:7
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Like the legs which [c]are useless to the lame, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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Proverbs 26:8
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Like [d]one who binds a stone in a sling, So is he who gives honor to a fool.
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Proverbs 26:9
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Like a thorn which [e]falls into the hand of a drunkard, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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Proverbs 26:10
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[f]Like an archer who wounds everyone, So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.
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Proverbs 26:11
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Like (j)a dog that returns to its vomit Is a fool who (k)repeats [g]his folly.
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Proverbs 27:22
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Though you (y)pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
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Proverbs 29:9
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When a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man, [e]The foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no rest.
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