KJV King James Version
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Proverbs 26:1
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
WEB World English Bible
Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
ASV American Standard Version
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour is not comely for a fool.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 26
1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
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Proverbs 19:10Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.Proverbs 28:16The prince that wanteth understanding [is] also a great oppressor: [but] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days.Esther 4:6So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which [was] before the king’s gate.1 Samuel 12:17-18[Is it] not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness [is] great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.Psalm 12:8The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.Psalm 15:4In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. [He that] sweareth to [his own] hurt, and changeth not.Judges 9:56-57Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:Judges 9:20But 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.Esther 4:9And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.Esther 3:1-15After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that [were] with him.Proverbs 17:7Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.Judges 9:7And when they told [it] to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.Psalm 52:1To the chief Musician, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God [endureth] continually.Proverbs 26:8As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that giveth honour to a fool.Ecclesiastes 10:5-7There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun, as an error [which] proceedeth from the ruler:Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
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