Honor Versus a Fool

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In this chapter we have 28 more doctrines by Solomon.

1. Snow in summer and rain at harvest is not common neither is honor for a fool.
2. Only a fool follows causeless causes.
3. A rod on a fools back is like a wipe to a horse, it is often needed to govern them.
4. Do not answer a fool lest you to become one.
5. Do not answer a fool lest he become deceived of his wisdom.
6. Fools are not fit for any job.
7. As the unequal legs of a lame man causes him to walk amiss so does the foolishness of a fool cause him to not understand religious things.
8. If you put a stone in a sling, someone might get hurt so it is with giving honor to a fool, it is like putting a sword in a madman's hands.
9. As a drunk does not feel the scratch of a throne nether does the fool understand a parable.
10. God rewards the fool who sins in ignorance as well as the righteous who is so by knowledge.
11. As a dog returns to hid vomit so does a fool to his folly.
12. A fool is better than a man wise in his own conceit.
13. A lazy man will always find an excuse for not working.
14. A lazy man turns in his bed as a door turns turns on its hinges.
15. A lazy man hides his hand lest it be put to work.
16. A lazy man thinks he is wiser than 7 men that can render a reason why they are wise.
17. Do not meddle in strife that does not belong to you.
18. Some men think they are wise by deceiving their neighbors when in reality they are mad men.
19. These men deceive their neighbors and claim to be only joking.
20. Gossip is like a fire, no wood, no fire.
21. Coal is to a burning fire as a contentious man is to strife.
22. The words of a gossip burn up all that is good.
23. The words of a wicked heart are like are like the remains of purified silver.
24. He that hateth destroys with his lips.
25. If he that hateth speaks with love, believe him not.
26. The one who hates shall be revealed to the whole congregation.
27. They who devise things to hurt others are often by those very things.
28. A lying tongue hates those about whom he lies and a flattering mouth will work ruin.

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