text: {"response":[{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"1","text":"Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"2","text":"Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"3","text":"A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!"},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"4","text":"Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"5","text":"Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own estimation."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"6","text":"Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message by the hand of a fool."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"7","text":"Like legs that hang limp from the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"8","text":"Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"9","text":"Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"10","text":"Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passer-by."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"11","text":"Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"12","text":"Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"13","text":"The sluggard says, \u201cThere is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!\u201d"},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"14","text":"Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"15","text":"The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"16","text":"The sluggard is wiser in his own estimation than seven people who respond with good sense."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"17","text":"Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"18","text":"Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,"},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"19","text":"so is a person who deceives his neighbor, and says, \u201cWas I not only joking?\u201d"},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"20","text":"Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"21","text":"Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"22","text":"The words of a gossip are like delicious morsels; they go down into a person\u2019s innermost being."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"23","text":"Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"24","text":"The one who hates others disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"25","text":"When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations within him."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"26","text":"Though his hatred may be concealed by deceit, his evil will be uncovered in the assembly."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"27","text":"The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone &#8211; it will come back on him."},{"bookname":"Proverbs","chapter":"26","verse":"28","text":"A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin."}]}