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The most popular Bible verses from Proverbs 26

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Proverbs 26:27

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If anyone digs a pit, they themselves will fall into it; if anyone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them. NIV
Whoever digs a pit [for another man's feet] shall fall into it himself, and he who rolls a stone [up a height to do mischief], it will return upon him. [Ps. 7:15, 16; 9:15; 10:2; 57:6; Prov. 28:10; Eccl. 10:8.] AMP
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. KJV

Proverbs 26:28

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A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin. NIV
A lying tongue hates those it wounds and crushes, and a flattering mouth works ruin. AMP
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. KJV

Proverbs 26:11

Bible Rank: 17,285
As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly. NIV
As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly. AMP
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. KJV

Proverbs 26:4

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Do not answer fools according to their folly, or you yourself will be just like them. NIV
Answer not a [self-confident] fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him. AMP
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. KJV

Proverbs 26:20

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Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down. NIV
For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, contention ceases. AMP
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. KJV

Proverbs 26:1

Bible Rank: 19,281
Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool. NIV
LIKE SNOW in summer and like rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a [self-confident] fool. [Isa. 32:6.] AMP
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool. KJV

Proverbs 26:2

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Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest. NIV
Like the sparrow in her wandering, like the swallow in her flying, so the causeless curse does not alight. [Num. 23:8.] AMP
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. KJV

Proverbs 26:12

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Do you see people who are wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for fools than for them. NIV
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes and conceit? There is more hope for a [self-confident] fool than for him. [Prov. 29:20; Luke 18:11; Rom. 12:16; Rev. 3:17.] AMP
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. KJV

Proverbs 26:17

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Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own. NIV
He who, passing by, stops to meddle with strife that is none of his business is like one who takes a dog by the ears. AMP
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. KJV

Proverbs 26:18

Bible Rank: 21,370
Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death NIV
Like a madman who casts firebrands, arrows, and death AMP
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, KJV
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