Proverbs 26:1

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

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man. As a bird, etc... 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.

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Cross References

Judges 9:20But if unjustly: let fire come out from him, and consume the inhabitants of Sichem, and the town of Mello: and let fire come out from the men of Sichem and from the town of Mello, and devour Abimelech.

1 Samuel 12:17Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call upon the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain: and you shall know, and see that you yourselves have done a great evil in the sight of the Lord, in desiring a king over you. Wheat harvest... At which time of the year, it never thunders or rains in those countries.

Esther 4:6And Athach going out went to Mardochai, who was standing in the street of the city, before the palace gate:

Psalms 52:1Unto the end, for Maeleth, understandings to David. The fool said in his heart: There is no God. Maeleth... Or Machalath. A musical instrument, or a chorus of musicians, for St. Jerome renders it, per chorum.

Proverbs 19:10Delicacies are not seemly for a fool: nor for a servant to have rule over princes.

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