Proverbs 26:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.”
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“Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.”
King James Version · Public Domain“As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour <FI>is<Fi> not comely for a fool.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 26:1 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- 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.”
- Judges 9:56In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.
- 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.”
- 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.
- Esther 4:6So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate,
- Esther 4:9So Hathach went back and relayed Mordecai’s response to Esther.
- Psalms 12:8The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
- Psalms 15:4who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
- Psalms 52:1Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.
- Proverbs 17:7Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
- Proverbs 19:10Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
- Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
- Proverbs 26:8Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
- Proverbs 28:16A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.
- Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an evil I have seen under the sun— an error that proceeds from the ruler:
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