Proverbs 26:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מְקַצֶּ֣ה רַ֭גְלַיִם חָמָ֣ס שֹׁתֶ֑ה שֹׁלֵ֖חַ דְּבָרִ֣ים בְּיַד־כְּסִֽיל׃

Transliteration

Meqatzeh raglayim ḥamas shoteh sholeaḥ devarim by-hand-of-kesil.

Grammar Details

*meqatzeh*: verb, Piel participle, masculine singular - cutting off
*raglayim*: noun, feminine, dual - feet
*ḥamas*: noun, masculine, singular - violence
*shoteh*: verb, Qal active participle, masculine singular - drinking
*sholeaḥ*: verb, Qal active participle, masculine singular - sending
*devarim*: noun, masculine, plural - words/matters
*be*: preposition - by/in
*yad*: noun, feminine, singular construct - hand of
*kesil*: noun, masculine, singular - fool

Word Meanings

*meqatzeh*: cutting off/severing
*raglayim*: feet/legs
*ḥamas*: violence/wrong/injury
*shoteh*: drinking/imbibing
*sholeaḥ*: sending/dispatching
*devarim*: words/matters/things/messages
*yad*: hand/power/agency
*kesil*: fool/stupid person

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 10:26 : 26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.
Prov 13:17 : 17 A wicked messenger falleth into evil; But a faithful ambassador is health.
Prov 25:13 : 13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [So is] a faithful messenger to them that send him; For he refresheth the soul of his masters.
Num 13:31 : 31 But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 26:7-10
4 verses
84%
7The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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10[As] an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.
Prov 26:3-5
3 verses
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.
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Prov 18:6-7
2 verses
76%
6A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.
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Prov 23:9
74%
9Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Eccl 10:3
74%
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Prov 13:16-17
2 verses
74%
16Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth [his] folly.
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Prov 17:21
73%
21He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.
Eccl 10:12-15
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73%
12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
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Prov 12:15-16
2 verses
73%
15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.
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Prov 29:20
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20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
Prov 17:16
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Prov 28:26
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18He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.
Prov 13:20
72%
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Prov 26:18
72%
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Prov 15:5
71%
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Prov 11:29
71%
29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Prov 29:11
71%
11A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.
Prov 15:2
71%
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Prov 14:7-8
2 verses
71%
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 4:5
71%
5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Prov 19:1-3
3 verses
71%
1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
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Prov 15:21
71%
21Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.
Prov 17:24-25
2 verses
71%
24Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
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Prov 10:8
71%
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Prov 14:3
71%
3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for [his] pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Prov 12:23
71%
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Prov 10:10
71%
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Prov 14:17
70%
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Prov 26:12
70%
12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
Prov 1:32
70%
32For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
Prov 17:12
70%
12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
Prov 27:3
70%
3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.
Eccl 10:9
70%
9Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; [and] he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.
Prov 24:7
70%
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