Community Bible Chapel

1. Opening Remarks – 26:1-3

a. Their words are calamitous – v1

b. Their words are weightless – v2

c. They need stern correction – v3
 

2. Two Sayings That Provide Corrections for Fools 26:4 ,5

a. To answer a fool is to risk infection – v4

b. Dialogue with a fool reinforces his folly – v5

3. Five Sayings Regarding Honor and Fools 26:6-10

a. Don’t commit important business to them – v6, 10

b. A fool with a proverb: a waste of time – v7, 9

c. Honoring a fool and slinging rocks – v8

4. Concluding Remarks – 26:11, 12

a. A fool is incapable of self-recovery – v11

b. A fool is not beyond rescue – v12

Proverbs 26:1-12

v1 As snow in summer and rain in harvest,
so honor for a fool is not fitting.

v2 As a fluttering bird, as a flying sparrow,
so an undeserved curse does not come to pass.

v3 A whip for a war-horse, a bit for a donkey,
and a rod for backs of fools.

v4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
lest you become like him—even you!

v5 Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he become wise in his own eyes.

v6 One who chops off [his] feet, who drinks violence,
is one who sends messages by the hand of a fool.

v7 Legs dangle from a cripple,
and a proverb dangles in the mouth of fools.

v8 Like who one binds a stone in a sling,
is the person who gives honor to a fool.

v9 A thorn bush in the hand of a drunkard,
and a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

v10 An archer who pierces every passer-by,
and one who hires a fool, and one who hires those who pass-by.

v11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

v12 Do you see a person who is wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.