The Book of Proverbs Chapter 3

Proverbs 26:1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour

is not seemly for a fool.
Proverbs 3:35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
It is considered folly to honor fools:
Ecclesiastes There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from
10:5 the ruler:
Ecclesiastes Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
10:6

Luke 6:26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false
prophets.

Luke Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the
20:46 markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
Luke Which devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers: the same shall receive
20:47 greater damnation.
Proverbs 26:2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so
the curse causeless shall not come.
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Zechariah Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.
5:1
Zechariah And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length
5:2 thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
Zechariah Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole
5:3 earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and
every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
Zechariah I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the
5:4 thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain
in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones
thereof.
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Deuteronomy Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
11:26
Deuteronomy A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I
11:27 command you this day:
Deuteronomy And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but
11:28 turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods,
which ye have not known.
Proverbs 26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for
the fool's back.
The horse and the ass can be trained.
James Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their
3:3 whole body.
James Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet
3:4 are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
James Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a
3:5 matter a little fire kindleth!

Isaiah The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my
1:3 people doth not consider.
Isaiah Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are
1:4 corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto
anger, they are gone away backward.
The fool has to be punished.
Proverbs In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back
10:13 of him that is void of understanding.
Proverbs 26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also
be like unto him.
Avoid dealing with fools on their level:
Romans Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary
16:17 to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
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I Timothy O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain
6:20 babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
I Timothy Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
6:21
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II Timothy But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
2:23
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Titus But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the
3:9 law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
Titus A man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition reject;
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Titus Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
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Proverbs 26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in
his own conceit.
Verses four and five seen to contradict each other, but it shows the double
minded way fools think:
Luke For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a
7:33 devil.
Luke The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a
7:34 winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
Luke But wisdom is justified of all her children.
7:35
There is no rest when it comes to arguing with a foolish man:
Proverbs 29:9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no
rest.
rest: 5183
txn Nachath (nakh'-ath); Noun, Strong #: 5183

1. rest, quietness
a. quietness, quiet attitude
b. rest (of death)

2. descent (of judgment)

Proverbs 26:6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool
cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
“Drinking damage” is a metaphor for rage.
Deuteronomy But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have
18:20 not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even
that prophet shall die.
Deuteronomy And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD
18:21 hath not spoken?
Deuteronomy When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor
18:22 come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet
hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
Proverbs 26:7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in
the mouth of fools.
Jude But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally,
1:10 as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
Proverbs 26:8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that
giveth honour to a fool.
Proverbs 26:9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is
a parable in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 26:10 The great God that formed all things both rewardeth
the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

Matthew Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine
5:43 enemy.
Matthew But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that
5:44 hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Matthew That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to
5:45 rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Matthew For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the
5:46 same?
Matthew And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the
5:47 publicans so?
Matthew Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
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Proverbs 26:11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to
his folly.
II Peter For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the
2:20 Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter
end is worse with them than the beginning.
II Peter For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after
2:21 they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
II Peter But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own
2:22 vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Proverbs 26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is
more hope of a fool than of him.
It’s seems easier to teach someone who doesn’t know anything, than to
teach someone who has to unlearn heresies and dogmatic rhetoric.
Isaiah 5:21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Proverbs 26:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a
lion is in the streets.
Proverbs 26:14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the
slothful upon his bed.
Proverbs 26:15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth
him to bring it again to his mouth.
Proverbs 26:16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven
men that can render a reason.
sluggard: 6102
lc[ `atsel (aw-tsale'); Adjective, Strong #: 6102

1. sluggish, lazy
a. sluggard (subst)

KJV Word Usage and Count

slothful 8
sluggard 6
Proverbs 26:17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife
belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Proverbs 26:18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and
death,
Proverbs 26:19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and
saith, Am not I in sport?
sport: 7832
qxX Sachaq (saw-khak'); Verb, Strong #: 7832

1. to laugh, play, mock

a. (Qal)
1. to laugh (usually in contempt or derision)
2. to sport, play
b. (Piel)
1. to make sport
2. to jest
3. to play (including instrumental music, singing, dancing)
c. (Hiphil) to laugh mockingly

KJV Word Usage and Count

play 10
laugh 10
rejoice 3
scorn 3
sport 3
merry 2
mock 2
deride 1
derision 1
mockers 1
We are even warned in the New Testament about jesting:
Ephesians But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named
5:3 among you, as becometh saints;
Ephesians Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but
5:4 rather giving of thanks.
Proverbs 26:20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where
there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Proverbs 26:21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a
contentious man to kindle strife.
Proverbs 26:22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they
go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Proverbs 26:23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd
covered with silver dross.
potsherd: 2789
Xrx Cheres (kheh'-res); Noun Masculine, Strong #: 2789

1. earthenware, clay pottery, shard, potsherd, earthen vessel

I can actually think of someone who had burning lips and a wicked heart that
was buried in the potter’s field after selling out our Lord for thirty pieces of
silver.

Proverbs 26:24 – 28 is one of the longest and strongest sections against

hypocrisy, and it refers to hypocrisy among God’s people.
Proverbs 26:24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth
up deceit within him;
Proverbs 26:25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are
seven abominations in his heart.
What are the seven abominations?
Proverbs 6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Proverbs 6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs 6:18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to
mischief,
Proverbs 6:19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Proverbs 26:26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness
shall be showed before the whole congregation.
Proverbs 26:27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that
rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse that man
with an evil heart sends towards the saints will return upon his own head.
Proverbs 26:28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it;
and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
The Matthew account speaks of how the Pharisees used flattery when they
took counsel on how they might entangle Jesus in his talk.
Matthew Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
22:15
Matthew And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know
22:16 that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man:
for thou regardest not the person of men.
Matthew Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
22:17
Matthew But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
22:18
Matthew Show me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
22:19
Matthew And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
22:20
Matthew They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the
22:21 things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
Matthew When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
22:22
The Luke account speaks of how the men were spies that were sent to trap
Jesus in his own words:
Luke And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that
20:20 they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and
authority of the governor.
Luke And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither
20:21 acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:
Luke Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?
20:22
Luke But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
20:23
Luke Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said,
20:24 Caesar's.
Luke And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto
20:25 God the things which be God's.
When someone comes to us with flattery, are we going to be able to perceive
their craftiness and not be blinded with flattering words?