Proverbs 26:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 26:9 : 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.
  • Matt 7:4-5 : 4 Or how will you say to your brother, Let me take out the grain of dust from your eye, when you yourself have a bit of wood in your eye? 5 You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.
  • Luke 4:23 : 23 And he said to them, Without doubt you will say to me, Let the medical man make himself well: the things which to our knowledge were done at Capernaum, do them here in your country.
  • Ps 50:16-21 : 16 But to the sinner, God says, What are you doing, talking of my laws, or taking the words of my agreement in your mouth? 17 Seeing that you have no desire for my teaching, turning your back on my words. 18 When you saw a thief, you were in agreement with him, and you were joined with those who took other men's wives. 19 You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit. 20 You say evil of your brother; you make false statements against your mother's son. 21 These things have you done, and I said nothing; it seemed to you that I was such a one as yourself; but I will make a protest against you, and put them in order before your eyes.
  • Ps 64:8 : 8 The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.
  • Prov 17:7 : 7 Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:3-6
    4 verses
    84%

    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.

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

  • Prov 26:8-12
    5 verses
    79%

    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.

    11 Like 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.

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

  • Prov 19:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    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 23:9
    74%

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

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    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 15:2
    73%

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

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

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

  • Eccl 10:3
    72%

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

  • Prov 17:16
    72%

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

  • Prov 24:7
    71%

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

  • Eccl 10:12-15
    4 verses
    71%

    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 14:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Prov 17:7
    71%

    7 Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.

  • Prov 29:20
    71%

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

  • Prov 13:16
    70%

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

  • Prov 12:23
    70%

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

  • Prov 12:15
    70%

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

  • Job 12:5
    70%

    5 In the thought of him who is in comfort there is no respect for one who is in trouble; such is the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

  • Prov 14:24
    70%

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

  • Prov 15:7
    70%

    7 The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

  • Ps 107:17
    70%

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

  • Prov 17:24
    70%

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

  • Prov 15:14
    70%

    14 The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

  • 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 7:6
    70%

    6 Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.

  • Prov 15:21
    70%

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

  • Prov 26:1
    69%

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

  • Prov 10:26
    69%

    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 25:19
    69%

    19 Putting one's faith in a false man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a shaking foot.

  • Prov 13:20
    69%

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

  • Prov 27:22
    69%

    22 Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.

  • Prov 10:14
    69%

    14 Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

  • Prov 19:10
    69%

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

  • Prov 10:18
    69%

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

  • Prov 17:21
    69%

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