Proverbs 26:9

American Standard Version (1901)

[ As] a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

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  • Prov 23:35 : 35 They have stricken me, [shalt thou say], and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

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  • Prov 26:3-8
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    80%

    3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

    4Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.

    6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off [his own] feet, [and] drinketh in damage.

    7The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

    8As one that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honor to a fool.

  • Prov 26:10-12
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    77%

    10[As] an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.

    11As a dog that returneth to his vomit, [So is] a fool that repeateth his folly.

    12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.

    7A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

  • Eccl 7:6
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    6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

  • Prov 20:1
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    1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A prudent man concealeth knowledge; But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for [his] pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?

  • Nah 1:10
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    10For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The crown of the wise is their riches; [But] the folly of fools is [only] folly.

  • Prov 26:18
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    18As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death,

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth [his] folly.

  • Eccl 10:12-13
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    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

    13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

  • Prov 26:1
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    1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.

  • Prov 27:3
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    3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive [in him] the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one [that] he is a fool.

  • Prov 27:22
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    22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

  • Prov 17:24-25
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    24Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • Prov 19:29
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    29Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; But [that which is] in the inward part of fools is made known.

  • Prov 24:7
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    7Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 10:8
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    8The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 10:10
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    10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; But a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 10:26
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    26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.

  • Prov 15:19
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    19The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.

  • Prov 10:14
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    14Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is [their] folly.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.