A Year of Praise and Wisdom Psalms & Proverbs Day 26 of 372 Psalm 26 Proverbs 26 Psalm 26 MSG A David Psalm 1 Clear my name, God ; I’ve kept an honest shop. I’ve thrown in my lot with you, God , and I’m not budging. 2 Examine me, God , from head to foot, order your battery of tests. Make sure I’m fit inside and out 3 So I never lose sight of your love, But keep in step with you, never missing a beat. 4-5 I don’t hang out with tricksters, I don’t pal around with thugs; I hate that pack of gangsters, I don’t deal with double-dealers. 6-7 I scrub my hands with purest soap, then join hands with the others in the great circle, dancing around your altar, God , Singing God-songs at the top of my lungs, telling God-stories. 8-10 God , I love living with you; your house glows with your glory. When it’s time for spring cleaning, don’t sweep me out with the quacks and crooks, Men with bags of dirty tricks, women with purses stuffed with bribe-money. 11-12 You know I’ve been aboveboard with you; now be aboveboard with me. I’m on the level with you, God ; I bless you every chance I get. Proverbs 26 MSG Fools Recycle Silliness 1 We no more give honors to fools than pray for snow in summer or rain during harvest. 2 You have as little to fear from an undeserved curse as from the dart of a wren or the swoop of a swallow. 3 A whip for the racehorse, a tiller for the sailboat— and a stick for the back of fools! 4 Don’t respond to the stupidity of a fool; you’ll only look foolish yourself. 5 Answer a fool in simple terms so he doesn’t get a swelled head. 6 You’re only asking for trouble when you send a message by a fool. 7 A proverb quoted by fools is limp as a wet noodle. 8 Putting a fool in a place of honor is like setting a mud brick on a marble column. 9 To ask a moron to quote a proverb is like putting a scalpel in the hands of a drunk. 10 Hire a fool or a drunk and you shoot yourself in the foot. 11 As a dog eats its own vomit, so fools recycle silliness. 12 See that man who thinks he’s so smart? You can expect far more from a fool than from him. 13 Loafers say, “It’s dangerous out there! Tigers are prowling the streets!” and then pull the covers back over their heads. 14 Just as a door turns on its hinges, so a lazybones turns back over in bed. 15 A shiftless sluggard puts his fork in the pie, but is too lazy to lift it to his mouth.
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