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Proverbs 26:1-7 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

1. As snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so glory is not seemly for a fool.

2. As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man.

3. A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools.

4. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be made like him.

5. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.

6. He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity.

7. As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.

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