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Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool. See also: Proverbs 19:10Proverbs 28:16Proverbs 26:8Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest. See also: Numbers 23:8Nehemiah 13:2Psalms 109:28A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools! See also: Proverbs 10:131 Corinthians 4:21Psalms 32:9Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him. See also: 1 Peter 3:9Proverbs 26:5Jude 1:9Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. See also: Romans 12:16Matthew 16:1-4Proverbs 3:7One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence. See also: Proverbs 25:13Proverbs 10:26Proverbs 13:17Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools. See also: Proverbs 26:9Proverbs 17:7Psalms 64:8As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool. See also: Proverbs 26:1Proverbs 30:22Proverbs 19:10Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools. See also: Proverbs 23:35As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by. See also: Romans 2:6Proverbs 11:31As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly. See also: 2 Peter 2:22Matthew 12:45Exodus 8:15Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. See also: Proverbs 29:201 Corinthians 3:18-19Proverbs 26:5The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!” See also: Proverbs 22:13Proverbs 19:15Proverbs 15:19As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed. See also: Hebrews 6:12Proverbs 6:9-10Proverbs 12:27The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. See also: Proverbs 19:24The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion. See also: Proverbs 26:121 Peter 3:15Proverbs 12:15Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own. See also: Proverbs 20:32 Timothy 2:23-24Proverbs 18:6Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death, See also: Proverbs 25:18Isaiah 50:11Proverbs 7:23is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?” See also: Ephesians 5:4Proverbs 10:23Proverbs 15:21For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down. See also: Proverbs 16:28Proverbs 22:10James 3:6As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife. See also: Proverbs 29:22Proverbs 15:182 Samuel 20:1The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts. See also: Proverbs 18:8Proverbs 20:19Ezekiel 22:9Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart. See also: Luke 22:47-48Luke 11:39Proverbs 10:18A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart. See also: Proverbs 12:20Proverbs 10:18Psalms 41:6When his speech is charming, don’t believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart. See also: Proverbs 6:16-19Psalms 28:3Jeremiah 12:6His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. See also: Psalms 55:21-231 Samuel 18:17Genesis 4:8Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him. See also: Proverbs 28:10Psalms 9:15Psalms 7:15-16A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin. See also: John 8:44-49Luke 20:20-21John 10:32-33
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)20 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Proverbs 26:1
Ver. 1. Glory and power. A fool in a high office will endanger himself and the public; (C.) while the virtuous, seeing that merit is not regarded, will not push themselves forward. Æschines.
↑ 1Proverbs 26:2
Ver. 2. As a bird, &c. The meaning is, that a curse uttered without cause shall do no harm to the person that is cursed, but will return upon him that curseth; as whithersoever a bird flies, it returns to its own nest. Ch. --- Come. Chal.
"shall not come in vain," if it be just, like that of Noe, Josue,
&c. Heb. "shall not come" (C.) to the person against whom it is uttered, though God will not hold the curser guiltless, as the Vulg. intimates. H. Curses, anathemas, &c. vented without reason, do not injure any but those who denounce them. Yet out of respect for ecclesiastical authority, those who are under censures, must abstain from their functions till they be absolved. C.
↑ 2Proverbs 26:3
Ver. 3. Snaffle. "Bit," or muzzle, ( camus) to prevent the animal from biting. H.
--- Sept. Arab.
&c. "a goad for an ass." But metheg denotes a bridle. (Mont. H.) asses being there very large, and commonly used for riding. C. xiii. 13. C.
↑ 3Proverbs 26:4
Ver. 4. Answer not a fool, &c. Viz. so as to imitate him; but only so as to reprove his folly. Ch.
--- If thou answer at all, (v. 5.) do it to the purpose, and to prevent others from taking scandal, (C.) as well as to humble the wicked, for his good. H.
↑ 4Proverbs 26:6
Ver. 6. Iniquity. He is exposed to shame, (Sept.) and must condemn his own folly. C.
↑ 6Proverbs 26:7
Ver. 7. Fair. Heb. "unequal legs," or "lifted up," so, &c. H.
↑ 7Proverbs 26:8
Ver. 8. Mercury. The god of travellers, who were wont to throw a stone at the foot of his statue, as the Indians (Vincent. Bellor. xxiv.) and Arabs did.
Mahomet would not disturb this superstitious custom. The Rabbins style these statues Mercolis. But Sept. &c. give another sense, "as he that bindeth a stone (C.) in the boss of a ring, sphendone, (M.) or in a sling," can do no good, but only endanger himself or others, "so," &c. Yet margema is never used elsewhere for a sling, and it means undoubtedly "a heap of stones," (C.) as Mont. substitutes instead of "the sling," in Pagn. "As a small piece of precious stone in a heap of stones is lost, so," &c. Pole.
Syn. Parkhurst in rogom. H. --- Honour, or an office, in which he may do harm.
C.
↑ 8Proverbs 26:9
Ver. 9. If. Heb. " as a thorn goeth up into the," &c. Prot. H. --- If he attempt to handle or to extract one, he will wound himself the more, as the fool would render truth and wisdom contemptible. C. --- Parable. Sept. "but slavery in the hands of fools" groweth up. H.
↑ 9Proverbs 26:10
Ver. 10. Anger, and prevent lawsuits. Heb. is variously read and translated. C.
--- Prot. "the great God, that formed all things, both rewardeth the fool and rewardeth the transgressors."
Marg. "a great man giveth all, and he hireth the fool," &c. Sept. "all the flesh of fools is exposed to many storms, for their excess is punished." H.
↑ 10Proverbs 26:11
Ver. 11. Dog. This is the only animal which is known to do so. S. Peter uses this comparison to deter any from renouncing the faith; as the Fathers do, to shew the misery attending a relapse.
Sept. here add, "there is a confusion," &c. taken from Eccli. iv. 25. C.
↑ 11Proverbs 26:12
Ver. 12. Fool. The ignorant may be convinced that he wants instruction. C. ---
But "none are worse than the half-learned." Quintil. i. Jo. v. 21.
↑ 12Proverbs 26:14
Ver. 14. Bed, which he will scarcely leave, though avarice push him forward. S.
Aug. ser. xxii.
or clxiv.
↑ 14Proverbs 26:16
Ver. 16. Seven, or many wise men, who used to speak in a sententious manner.
C. --- So seven is used, v. 25.
↑ 16Proverbs 26:17
Ver. 17. Anger. Heb. "passeth by, and meddleth with a quarrel not ot him"
pertaining. H. ---
Such expose themselves foolishly to danger. Great discretion is requisite to reconcile those at variance.
↑ 17Proverbs 26:19
Ver. 19. Jest. He will not escape, no more than the person who had committed murder involuntarily, if he were not in a city of refuge. Num. xxxv. 22.
↑ 19Proverbs 26:20
Ver. 20. Faileth. Heb. Sym. C. "aboundeth, the fire is bright, or flourisheth."
Sept. H.
↑ 20Proverbs 26:23
Ver. 23. Dross. Hence the proud will be detested, and appear contemptible.
↑ 23Proverbs 26:24
Ver. 24. Lips. He will speak of what he hates much.
↑ 24Proverbs 26:26
Ver. 26. Deceitfully. Heb. "in desolation." He will cringe, but when he finds an opportunity, he will discover his evil designs. C.
↑ 26Proverbs 26:27
Ver. 27. Him. "Bad advice is worst to him who gives it." Varro. Rust. iii. 22.
↑ 27License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses