Proverbs 26:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:31 : 31 If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!
  • Rom 2:6 : 6 Who will give to every man his right reward:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.

    12Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

  • Prov 26:3-9
    7 verses
    77%

    3A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

    4Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

    5Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

    6He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.

    7The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.

    8Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.

    9Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

  • Prov 17:21
    73%

    21He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

  • Prov 10:23
    73%

    23It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

  • Prov 13:16
    72%

    16A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

  • Prov 17:16
    72%

    16How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

  • Prov 14:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

    9In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.

  • Prov 14:24
    72%

    24Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

  • Prov 19:29
    72%

    29Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.

  • Eccl 10:3
    72%

    3And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.

  • Prov 11:29
    72%

    29The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

  • Prov 29:11
    71%

    11A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.

  • Prov 26:1
    71%

    1Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.

  • Prov 17:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.

    13If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.

  • Ps 107:17
    71%

    17Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;

  • Prov 10:8
    71%

    8The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

  • Prov 17:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

    16A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.

  • Prov 3:35
    71%

    35The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.

  • Prov 1:32
    71%

    32For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

  • Eccl 5:4
    70%

    4It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it.

  • Prov 19:10
    70%

    10Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

  • Eccl 10:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14The foolish are full of words; man has no knowledge of what will be; and who is able to say what will be after him?

    15The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.

  • Prov 27:3
    70%

    3A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.

  • Prov 19:3
    70%

    3By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Prov 15:5
    70%

    5A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

  • Eccl 10:12
    70%

    12The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

  • Job 12:17
    70%

    17He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish;

  • Prov 14:33
    70%

    33Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Job 21:19
    70%

    19You say, God keeps punishment stored up for his children. Let him send it on the man himself, so that he may have the punishment of it!

  • Prov 11:18
    70%

    18The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

  • Ps 92:6
    69%

    6A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.

  • Prov 17:10
    69%

    10A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.

  • Prov 14:16
    69%

    16The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

  • Eccl 4:5
    69%

    5The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.

  • Prov 13:21
    69%

    21Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

  • Prov 10:18
    69%

    18Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

  • Ps 14:1
    69%

    1<To the chief music-maker. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.