Verse 7

The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 26:9 : 9 [ As] a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
  • Matt 7:4-5 : 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me cast out the mote out of thine eye; and lo, the beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
  • Luke 4:23 : 23 And he said unto them, Doubtless ye will say unto me this parable, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in thine own country.
  • Ps 50:16-21 : 16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth, 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee? 18 When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers. 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit. 20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son. 21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
  • Ps 64:8 : 8 So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.
  • Prov 17:7 : 7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.