Proverbs 26:13-28 Reading
On: sluggard-fierce lion, turns on his bed; quarrel not his own-siezes a dog by the ears (vs 17); deceives neighbor; quarrel takes two (vs 20, 21); gossip-choice morsels; fervent lips with an evil heart; malicious man-lips-heart harbors deceit-his speech is charming (vs 24-26); set trap; lying tongue; flattering mouth-works ruin (vs 28).
Proverbs 26:13-28 GNB
[13]Why don’t lazy people ever get out of the house? What are they afraid of? Lions?
[14]Lazy people turn over in bed. They get no farther than a door swinging on its hinges.
[15]Some people are too lazy to put food in their own mouths.
[16]A lazy person will think he is more intelligent than seven people who can give good reasons for their opinions.
[17]Getting involved in an argument that is none of your business is like going down the street and grabbing a dog by the ears.
18 Someone who misleads someone else and then claims that he was only joking is like a mad person playing with a deadly weapon.
[20]Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, quarrelling stops.
[21]Charcoal keeps the embers glowing, wood keeps the fire burning, and troublemakers keep arguments alive.
[22]Gossip is so tasty! How we love to swallow it!
[23]Insincere talk that hides what you are really thinking is like a fine glaze on a cheap clay pot.
[24]A hypocrite hides hatred behind flattering words.
[25]They may sound fine, but don’t believe him, because his heart is filled to the brim with hate.
[26]He may disguise his hatred, but everyone will see the evil things he does.
[27]People who set traps for others get caught themselves. People who start landslides get crushed.
[28]You have to hate someone to want to hurt him with lies. Insincere talk brings nothing but ruin.