Proverbs 26:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:26 : 26 Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the hater of work to those who send him.
  • Prov 13:17 : 17 A man taking false news is a cause of trouble, but he who gives news rightly makes things well.
  • Prov 25:13 : 13 As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master.
  • Num 13:31 : 31 But the men who had gone up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:7-10
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    7 The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.

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

    9 Like 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.

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

  • Prov 26:3-5
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    3 A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

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

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

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6 A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

    7 The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9 Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3 And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.

  • Prov 13:16-17
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    16 A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

    17 A man taking false news is a cause of trouble, but he who gives news rightly makes things well.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21 He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

  • Eccl 10:12-15
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    73%

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

    13 The first words of his mouth are foolish, and the end of his talk is evil crime.

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

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

  • Prov 12:15-16
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    15 The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

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

  • Prov 29:20
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    20 Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him.

  • Prov 17:16
    72%

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

  • Prov 28:26
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    26 He whose faith is in himself is foolish; but everyone walking wisely will be kept safe.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18 Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

  • Prov 13:20
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    20 Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

  • Prov 26:18
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    18 As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,

  • Prov 15:5
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    5 A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29 The 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%

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

  • Prov 15:2
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    2 Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7 Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

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

  • Eccl 4:5
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    5 The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.

  • Prov 19:1-3
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    1 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

    2 Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.

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

  • Prov 15:21
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    21 Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

  • Prov 17:24-25
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    24 Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

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

  • Prov 10:8
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    8 The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3 In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23 A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

  • Prov 10:10
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    10 He who makes signs with his eyes is a cause of trouble, but he who makes a man see his errors is a cause of peace.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17 He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

  • Prov 26:12
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    12 Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

  • Prov 1:32
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    32 For 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.

  • Prov 17:12
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    12 It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.

  • Prov 27:3
    70%

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

  • Eccl 10:9
    70%

    9 He who gets out stones from the earth will be damaged by them, and in the cutting of wood there is danger.

  • Prov 24:7
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    7 Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.