Proverbs 26, Part I

Proverbs 26 (The Message), with commentary from Jen!

Fools Recycle Silliness

 ¹ We no more give honors to fools than pray for snow in summer or rain during harvest. 

This is up for debate in America today, don't you think?

 ² You have as little to fear from an undeserved curse
   as from the dart of a wren or the swoop of a swallow. 

Just because someone says it doesn't make it true.

 ³ A whip for the racehorse, a tiller for the sailboat—
   and a stick for the back of fools! 

Somebody always has to step up and point out what's ridiculous.

 ⁴ Don't respond to the stupidity of a fool;
   you'll only look foolish yourself. 

Difficult to do, but definitely the smarter choice.

 ⁵ Answer a fool in simple terms
   so he doesn't get a swelled head. 

On the other hand, do answer them sometimes.  Use small words.

 ⁶ You're only asking for trouble
   when you send a message by a fool. 

Sometimes you have to just say "I should have known this would happen."

 ⁷ A proverb quoted by fools
   is limp as a wet noodle. 

Credibility is everything.

 ⁸ Putting a fool in a place of honor
   is like setting a mud brick on a marble column. 

Kind of like one of those black velvet Elvis paintings hanging in the White House.

 ⁹ To ask a moron to quote a proverb
   is like putting a scalpel in the hands of a drunk. 

In other words, "Uh-oh.  This can't be good."

 ¹⁰ Hire a fool or a drunk
   and you shoot yourself in the foot. 

And don't ask them to quote you a proverb, because then you're really in trouble if your foot needs surgery!

 ¹¹ As a dog eats its own vomit,
   so fools recycle silliness. 

This isn't just wrong, it's flat-out gross!  Eeewww!

 ¹² See that man who thinks he's so smart?
   You can expect far more from a fool than from him. 

Perhaps I don't know it all.  What a concept.

 ¹³ Loafers say, "It's dangerous out there!
   Tigers are prowling the streets!"
   and then pull the covers back over their heads. 

Just because you're afraid of getting hurt doesn't mean you have to check out of your life.  Do that and you'll have no life.

 ¹⁴ Just as a door turns on its hinges,
   so a lazybones turns back over in bed. 

Somehow I don't think the snooze was meant to be hit as many times as I hit it.

 ¹⁵ A shiftless sluggard puts his fork in the pie,
   but is too lazy to lift it to his mouth. 

Now THAT is lazy.  

Part II to follow!

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