OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 26:1

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Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

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Verse 1. Glory and power. A fool in a high office will endanger himself and the public; ( Calmet.) while the virtuous, seeing that merit is not regarded, will not push themselves forward. Æschines.

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