Proverbs 26:6

Coverdale Bible (1535)

He is lame of his fete, yee droncken is he in vanite, that comitteth eny thinge to a foole.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:26 : 26 As vyneger is to the teth, and as smoke is vnto ye eyes, eue so is a slogish personne to them that sende him forth.
  • Prov 13:17 : 17 An vngodly messauger bryngeth myschefe, but a faithfull embassitoure is wholsome.
  • Prov 25:13 : 13 Like as the wynter coole in the haruest, so is a faithfull messaunger to him that sent him, & refre?sheth his masters mynde.
  • Num 13:31 : 31 But the men that wente vp with him, sayde: We are not able to go vp agaynst that people, for they are to stronge for vs.

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%

    7Like as it is an vnsemely thige to haue legges & yet to halte, eue so is a parable in ye fooles mouth.

    8He yt setteth a foole in hye dignite, yt is eue as yf a man dyd cast a precious stone vpo ye galous.

    9A parable in a fooles mouth, is like a thorne yt pricketh a droncken man in ye hande.

    10A man of experience discerneth all thinges well, but whoso hyreth a foole, hyreth soch one as wyl take no hede.

  • Prov 26:3-5
    3 verses
    80%

    3Vnto the horse belongeth a whyppe, to the Asse a brydle, and a rodde to the fooles backe.

    4Geue not the foole an answere after his foolishnesse, lest thou become like vnto him:

    5but make ye foole an answere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne coceate.

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6A fooles lippes are euer brawlinge, and his mouth prouoketh vnto batayll.

    7A fooles mouth is his owne destruccion, and his lippes are ye snare for his owne soule.

  • 9Tel nothinge in to ye eares of a foole, for he wyl despyse the wy?dome of thy wordes.

  • 3A dotinge foole thinketh, yt euery ma doth as foolishly as himself.

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    16A wyse man doth all thinges with discrecion, but a foole wil declare his foly.

    17An vngodly messauger bryngeth myschefe, but a faithfull embassitoure is wholsome.

  • 21An vnwyse body bryngeth himselfe in to sorowe, and ye father of a foole can haue no ioye.

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    12The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gracious, but the lippes of a foole wil destroye himself.

    13The begynnynge of his talkynge is foolishnes, and the last worde of his mouth is greate madnesse.

    14A foole is so full of wordes, that a man can not tell what ende he wyll make: who wyl then warne him to make a conclucion?

    15The laboure of ye foolish is greuous vnto the, while they knowe not how to go in to the cite.

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    15Loke what a foole taketh in honde, he thinketh it well done: but he that is wyse, wyl be couceled.

    16A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haist, but a discrete man forgeueth wronge.

  • 20Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake vnaduysed, thou mayest trust a foole more then him.

  • 16What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his hode, where as he hath no mynde to bye wy?dome?

  • 26He that trusteth in his owne hert, is a foole: but he that dealeth wisely, shalbe safe.

  • 18Dissemblynge lippes kepe hatred secretly, and he that speaketh eny slaunder, is a foole.

  • 20He that goeth in the company of wyse men, shal be wyse: but who so is a copanyo of fooles, shal be hurte.

  • 18Like as one shuteth deadly arowes and dartes out of a preuy place, euen so doth a dyssembler with his neghboure,

  • 5A foole despyseth his fathers correccion, but he yt taketh hede whan he is reproued, shal haue ye more vnderstodinge.

  • 29Who so maketh disquyetnesse in his owne house, he shal haue wynde for his heretage, and the foole shal be seruaunt to the wyse.

  • 11A foole poureth out his sprete alltogether, but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde.

  • 2A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege, a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but foolishnesse.

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7Se yt thou medle not with a foole, & do as though thou haddest no knowlege.

    8The wy?dome of him that hath vnderstondinge is, to take hede vnto his waye, but the foolishnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth.

  • 5The foole foldeth his handes together, & eateth vp his owne flesh.

  • Prov 19:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.

    2Where no discrecion is, there the soule is not well: and who so is swifte on fote, stombleth hastely.

    3Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye, & then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE.

  • 21A foole reioyseth in foolish thinges, but a wyse man loketh well to his owne goinges.

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    24Wy?dome shyneth in ye face of him yt hath vnderstondinge, but ye eyes of fooles wandre thorow out all lodes.

    25An vndiscrete sonne is a grefe vnto his father, and heuynesse vnto his mother yt bare him.

  • 8A wyse man wil receaue warnynge, but a foole wil sooner be smytten in the face.

  • 3In the mouth of the foolish is the boostinge of lordshipe, but ye lippes of ye wyse wilbe warre of soch.

  • 23He that hath vnderstodinge, can hyde his wysdome: but an vndiscrete herte telleth out his foolishnesse.

  • 10He yt wynketh with his eye, wil do some harme: but he that hath a foolish mouth, shalbe beaten.

  • 17An vnpacient man handeleth foolishly, but he that is well aduysed, doth other wayes.

  • 12Yf thou seyest a man yt is wyse in his owne conceate, there is more hope in a foole then in hi.

  • 32for ye turnynge awaye of ye vnwyse shal slaye the, & ye prosperi of fooles shalbe their owne destruccio.

  • 12It were better to come agaynst a she Bere robbed of hir whelpes, then agaynst a foole in his foolishnes.

  • 3The stone is heuy, and the sonde weightie: but a fooles wrath is heuyer then they both.

  • 9Who so remoueth stones, shall haue trauayle withall: and he that heweth wod, shalbe hurt therwith.

  • 7Wy?dome is an hie thinge, yee eue to ye foole, for he darre not ope his mouth in ye gate.