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Basic English Bible: Proverbs Chapter 26

Basic English Bible: Proverbs Chapter 26

Proverbs 26:1
Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.

Proverbs 26:2
As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.

Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

Proverbs 26:4
Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

Proverbs 26:5
Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

Proverbs 26:6
He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.

Proverbs 26:7
The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.

Proverbs 26:8
Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.

Proverbs 26:9
Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

Proverbs 26:10
Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.

Proverbs 26:11
Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.

Proverbs 26:12
Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

Proverbs 26:13
The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

Proverbs 26:14
A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed.

Proverbs 26:15
The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.

Proverbs 26:16
The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.

Proverbs 26:17
He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.

Proverbs 26:18
As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,

Proverbs 26:19
So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?

Proverbs 26:20
Without wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no secret talk, argument is ended.

Proverbs 26:21
Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.

Proverbs 26:22
The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

Proverbs 26:23
Smooth lips and an evil heart are like a vessel of earth plated with silver waste.

Proverbs 26:24
With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;

Proverbs 26:25
When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils:

Proverbs 26:26
Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people.

Proverbs 26:27
He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.

Proverbs 26:28
A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.

King James Bible


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Bible Verses About love - Corinthians-1 8:3
But if any man love God, the same is known of him.

Bible Verses About love - John 12:25
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

Bible Scriptures - John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.




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Bible Verses About love - Song-of-Solomon 4:10
How fair is thy love, my sister, [my] spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

Bible Verses About love - Judges 5:31
So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but [let] them that love him [be] as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

Bible Verses About apostles - Acts 15:2
When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

Bible Verses About idol - Isaiah 66:3
He that killeth an ox [is as if] he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, [as if] he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, [as if he offered] swine's blood; he that burneth incense, [as if] he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.

Bible Verses About letters - Acts 28:21
And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came showed or spake any harm of thee.

Bible Verses About wrote - Ezra 4:6
And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they [unto him] an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

Bible Verses About multiply - Deuteronomy 30:16
In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

Bible Verses About faces - Nehemiah 8:6
And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with [their] faces to the ground.

Bible Verses About lose - Isaiah 26:21
For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

Bible Verses About stuff - Samuel-1 30:24
For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part [is] that goeth down to the battle, so [shall] his part [be] that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.

Bible Verses About daughters - Psalms 97:8
Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.

Bible Verses About rejoiced - Psalms 35:15
But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: [yea], the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; they did tear [me], and ceased not:

Bible Verses About synagogue - Mark 1:29
And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

Bible Verses About person - Romans 2:11
For there is no respect of persons with God.

Bible Verses About unrighteousness - John-1 5:17
All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

Bible Verses About besieged - Kings-1 16:17
And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.

Bible Verses About subject - Titus 3:1
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

Bible Verses About heal - Jeremiah 14:19
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and [there is] no healing for us? we looked for peace, and [there is] no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

Bible Verses About unleavened - Leviticus 2:5
And if thy oblation [be] a meat offering [baken] in a pan, it shall be [of] fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.

Bible Verses About keilah - Samuel-1 23:6
And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, [that] he came down [with] an ephod in his hand.

Bible Verses About bed - Matthew 10:2
Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James [the son] of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Bible Verses About except - Samuel-2 3:13
And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

Bible Verses About trust - Psalms 22:5
They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

Bible Verses About fear - Luke 8:37
Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.

Bible Verses About goodness - Romans 11:22
Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in [his] goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

Bible Verses About baptism - Colossians 2:12
Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with [him] through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

Bible Verses About marriage - Deuteronomy 7:3
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

Bible Verses About strength - Isaiah 30:2
That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

Bible Verses About women - Revelations 9:8
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as [the teeth] of lions.

Bible Verses About joy - Matthew 28:8
And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.

Bible Verses About worship - Deuteronomy 11:16
Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

Bible Verses About wisdom - Isaiah 29:14
Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, [even] a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise [men] shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent [men] shall be hid.

Bible Verses About sadness - Ecclesiastes 7:3
Sorrow [is] better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

Bible Verses About poor - Leviticus 23:22
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I [am] the LORD your God.

Bible Verses About clean - Numbers 9:10
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or [be] in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.

Bible Verses About healing - Corinthians-1 12:28
And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

Bible Verses About salvation - Ephesians 6:17
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Bible Verses About purpose - Jeremiah 51:29
And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.

Bible Verses About grace - Genesis 34:11
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.

Bible Verses About tongue - Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.

Bible Verses About wife - Ezekiel 33:26
Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?

Bible Verses About hope - Hosea 2:15
And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

Bible Scriptures About incense - Chronicles-2 28:25
And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.

Bible Scriptures About david - Psalms 144:1
[A Psalm] of David. Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight:

Bible Scriptures About corn - Hosea 2:9
Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax [given] to cover her nakedness.

Bible Scriptures About whoredom - Hosea 6:10
I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there [is] the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

Bible Scriptures About heart - Job 10:13
And these [things] hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this [is] with thee.

Bible Scriptures About camp - Kings-2 7:8
And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid [it]; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence [also], and went and hid [it].

Bible Scriptures About possession - Genesis 50:13
For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

Bible Scriptures About smite - Mark 14:27
And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

Bible Scriptures About begat - Genesis 5:30
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

Bible Scriptures About heathen - Jeremiah 49:15
For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, [and] despised among men.




Bible in Basic English


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Bible Verses About purpose - Philippians 1:17
But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.

Bible Verses About anger - 2-Kings 14:10
It is true that you have overcome Edom and your heart is uplifted; let that glory be enough for you, and keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?

Bible Verses About faith - 1-Thessalonians 2:10
You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;

Bible Verses About birth - Genesis 38:28
And while she was in the act of giving birth, one of them put out his hand; and the woman who was with her put a red thread round his hand, saying, This one came out first.

Bible Verses About mothers - Mark 13:12
And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

Bible Verses About money - Proverbs 20:14
A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.

Bible Verses About dreams - Zechariah 10:2
For the images have said what is not true, and the readers of signs have seen deceit; they have given accounts of false dreams, they give comfort to no purpose: so they go out of the way like sheep, they are troubled because they have no keeper.

Bible Verses About visions - 1-Chronicles 26:1
For the divisions of the door-keepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah, the son of Kore, of the sons of Ebiasaph.

Bible Verses About poor - Zechariah 7:10
Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.

Bible Verses About hope - Hebrews 12:5
And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;

Bible Verses About baptism - John 4:2
(Though, in fact, it was his disciples who gave baptism, not Jesus himself),

Bible Verses About clean - Numbers 19:14
This is the law when death comes to a man in his tent: everyone who comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, will be unclean for seven days.

Bible Verses About tongue - Romans 3:13
Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:

Bible Verses About wife - Genesis 4:17
And Cain had connection with his wife and she became with child and gave birth to Enoch: and he made a town, and gave the town the name of Enoch after his son.

Bible Verses About caring - Deuteronomy 12:19
See that you do not give up caring for the Levite as long as you are living in your land.

Bible Verses About love - Psalms 119:167
My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my love for it.

Bible Verses About prayer - Job 21:15
What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?

Bible Verses About worship - Deuteronomy 13:2
And the sign or the wonder takes place, and he says to you, Let us go after other gods, which are strange to you, and give them worship;

Bible Verses About peace - Isaiah 48:18
If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:

Bible Verses About strength - 1-Samuel 2:4
The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed with strength.




World English Bible


Bible Verses About aware - Genesis 31:26
And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives [taken] with the sword?

Bible Verses About boy - Joel 3:3
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

Bible Verses About spark - Isaiah 1:31
And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench [them].

Bible Verses About cistern - Isaiah 36:16
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make [an agreement] with me [by] a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

Bible Verses About stretch - Ezekiel 25:13
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.

Bible Verses About siege - Ezekiel 4:2
And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set [battering] rams against it round about.

Bible Verses About pigeon - Luke 2:24
And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.

Bible Verses About creature - Ezekiel 1:14
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

Bible Verses About restitution - Exodus 22:5
If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

Bible Verses About suddenly - Isaiah 48:3
I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them; I did [them] suddenly, and they came to pass.

Bible Verses About lioness - Nahum 2:12
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.

Bible Verses About reward - Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Bible Verses About consecrate - Ezekiel 43:26
Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.

Bible Verses About witnesses - Job 10:17
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war [are] against me.

Bible Verses About yesterday - Samuel-1 20:27
And it came to pass on the morrow, [which was] the second [day] of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?

Bible Verses About nazareth - Luke 4:34
Saying, Let [us] alone; what have we to do with thee, [thou] Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.

Bible Verses About equity - Isaiah 11:4
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

Bible Verses About forgotten - Deuteronomy 26:13
Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of [mine] house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten [them]:

Bible Verses About hidden - Obadiah 1:6
How are [the things] of Esau searched out! [how] are his hidden things sought up!

Bible Verses About ahithophel - Chronicles-1 27:34
And after Ahithophel [was] Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army [was] Joab.

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