Proverbs 26:1

¶ As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

As snow {H7950} in summer {H7019}, and as rain {H4306} in harvest {H7105}, so honour {H3519} is not seemly {H5000} for a fool {H3684}.

Like snow in summer or rain at harvest-time, so honor for a fool is out of place.

Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 19:10 (6 votes)

    ¶ Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

  • Proverbs 28:16 (4 votes)

    ¶ The prince that wanteth understanding [is] also a great oppressor: [but] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days.

  • Psalms 12:8 (3 votes)

    The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

  • Judges 9:20 (2 votes)

    But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

  • Proverbs 17:7 (2 votes)

    ¶ Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

  • Ecclesiastes 10:5 (2 votes)

    There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun, as an error [which] proceedeth from the ruler:

  • Ecclesiastes 10:7 (2 votes)

    I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.