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Proverbs 26:1

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AS snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
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  1. Proverbs 19:10Rank 1 from verse 1
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    10Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

  2. Proverbs 28:16Rank 2 from verse 1
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    16The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

  3. 1 Samuel 12:17–18Rank 3 from verse 1
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    17Is 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.

    18So Samuel called unto the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.

  4. Esther 4:6Rank 4 from verse 1
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    6So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king’s gate.

  5. Psalms 12:8Rank 5 from verse 1
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    8The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

  6. Psalms 15:4Rank 6 from verse 1
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    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.

  7. Ecclesiastes 10:5–7Rank 7 from verse 1
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    5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

    6Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

    7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

  8. Esther 3:1–15Rank 8 from verse 1
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    1AFTER 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.

    2And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.

    3Then the king’s servants, which were in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment?

    4Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.

    5And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

    6And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

    7¶ In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.

    8¶ And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.

    9If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.

    10And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.

    11And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

    12Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.

    13And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

    14The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.

    15The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.

  9. Esther 4:9Rank 9 from verse 1
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    9And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

  10. Judges 9:20Rank 10 from verse 1
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    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.

  11. Judges 9:56–57Rank 11 from verse 1
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    56¶ Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:

    57And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

  12. Judges 9:7Rank 12 from verse 1
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    7¶ And 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.

  13. Proverbs 17:7Rank 13 from verse 1
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    7Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

  14. Proverbs 26:8Rank 14 from verse 1
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    8As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

  15. Psalms 52:1Rank 15 from verse 1
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    1WHY boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

  16. Proverbs 26:3Rank 16 from verse 1
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    3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.

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Proverbs 26:1

COMBINED MEANING

snow

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Frozen white precipitation falling from clouds and covering the earth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

summer

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Sense 1: The warm season of the year. Sense 2: Fruit ripening or gathered in that season, or a dwelling used in it. Sense 3: As a verb, to pass that season in a place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

rain

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Sense 1: Water falling in drops from the clouds. Sense 2: As a verb, to fall or pour down like rain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

honour

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Sense 1: Esteem, respect, dignity, glory, distinction, or exalted standing. Sense 2: To esteem, respect, acknowledge, reward, or adorn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

seemly

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Fitting, proper, becoming, suitable, comely, or appropriate to the person, circumstance, and moral order.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fool

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Sense 1: A person lacking wisdom or moral understanding. Sense 2: As a verb, to act foolishly or deceive.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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25:28He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

26:1AS snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

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26:2As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

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