Proverbs 26:1

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour <FI>is<Fi> not comely for a fool.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 26:1 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 9:7When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.
  2. Judges 9:20But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”
  3. Judges 9:56In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.
  4. 1 Samuel 12:17Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
  5. Esther 3:1After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
  6. Esther 4:6So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate,
  7. Esther 4:9So Hathach went back and relayed Mordecai’s response to Esther.
  8. Psalms 12:8The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
  9. Psalms 15:4who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
  10. Psalms 52:1Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.
  11. Proverbs 17:7Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
  12. Proverbs 19:10Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
  13. Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
  14. Proverbs 26:8Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
  15. Proverbs 28:16A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.
  16. Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an evil I have seen under the sun— an error that proceeds from the ruler:

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