Proverbs 26:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Prov 23:35 : 35 They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.

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  • Prov 26:3-8
    6 verses
    80%

    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.

  • Prov 26:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

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

    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 23:9
    75%

    9Say 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
    74%

    6A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

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

  • Eccl 7:6
    74%

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

  • Prov 20:1
    74%

    1Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

  • Prov 12:23
    74%

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

  • Prov 14:3
    74%

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

  • Prov 17:16
    74%

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

  • Nah 1:10
    73%

    10For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.

  • Prov 14:24
    73%

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

  • Prov 26:18
    73%

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

  • Prov 13:16
    73%

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

  • Eccl 10:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

  • Prov 15:2
    73%

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

  • Prov 26:1
    73%

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

  • Prov 27:3
    73%

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

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

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

  • 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 27:22
    72%

    22Even 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 17:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    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 15:14
    72%

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

  • Prov 29:11
    72%

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

  • Eccl 10:15
    72%

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

  • Prov 19:1
    72%

    1Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

  • Prov 19:29
    72%

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

  • Prov 10:23
    72%

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

  • Prov 14:33
    72%

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

  • Prov 24:7
    71%

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

  • 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 10:10
    71%

    10He 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 10:26
    71%

    26Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the hater of work to those who send him.

  • Prov 15:19
    71%

    19Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

  • Prov 10:14
    71%

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

  • Prov 15:5
    71%

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

  • Prov 22:5
    71%

    5Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.

  • Prov 12:15
    71%

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

  • Prov 16:22
    71%

    22Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

  • Prov 19:3
    71%

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