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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025
the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
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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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Let a person meet a bear robbed of her cubs, Rather than a fool in his foolishness.
Proverbs 17:12
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Do not speak to be heard by a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Proverbs 23:9
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Do not answer a fool according to his foolishness, Or you will also be like him.
Proverbs 26:4
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Answer a fool as his foolishness deserves, So that he will not be wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 26:5
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
One who sends a message by the hand of a fool Chops off his own feet and drinks violence.
Proverbs 26:6
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
Like useless legs to one who cannot walk, So is a proverb in the mouths of fools.
Proverbs 26:7
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Like one who binds a stone in a sling, So is one who gives honor to a fool.
Proverbs 26:8
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
Like a thorn that sticks in the hand of a heavy drinker, So is a proverb in the mouths of fools.
Proverbs 26:9
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouths of fools.
Like an archer who wounds everyone, So is one who hires a fool or hires those who pass by.
Proverbs 26:10
The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
Like a dog that returns to its vomit, So is a fool who repeats his foolishness.
Proverbs 26:11
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
Though you pound the fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, His foolishness still will not leave him.
Proverbs 27:22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
When a wise person has a controversy with a foolish person, The foolish person either rages or laughs, and there is no rest.
Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
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