Proverbs 26:7

Coverdale Bible (1535)

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

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  • Prov 26:9 : 9 A parable in a fooles mouth, is like a thorne yt pricketh a droncken man in ye hande.
  • Matt 7:4-5 : 4 Or why saiest thou to yi brother: holde, I wil plucke the moate out of thyne eye, and beholde, a beame is in thyne awne eye. 5 Ypocryte, fyrst cast out the beame out of thyne awne eye, and then shalt thou se clearly, to plucke out the moate out of thy brothers eye.
  • Luke 4:23 : 23 And he sayde vnto them: Doutles ye wyl saye vnto me this prouerbe: Phisician, heale thyself. For how greate thinges haue we herde done at Capernau? Do the same here also in thine owne countre.
  • Ps 50:16-21 : 16 But vnto the vngodly sayeth God: Why doest thou preach my lawes, and takest my couenaunt in thy mouth? 17 Where as thou hatest to be refourmed, and castest my wordes behynde the? 18 Yf thou seist a thefe, thou runnest with him, and art partaker with the aduouterers. 19 Thou lettest yi mouth speake wickednesse, & thy tonge paynteth disceate. 20 Thou syttest and speakest agaynst thy brother, yee and slaundrest thine owne mothers sonne. 21 This thou doest, whyle I holde my tonge: and thinkest me to be eue soch one as thy self: but I wil reproue the, & set my self agaynst the.
  • Ps 64:8 : 8 Yee their owne tunges shall make them fall, In so moch that who so seyth the, shal laugh the to scorne.
  • Prov 17:7 : 7 An eloquent speach becometh not a foole, a dyssemblinge mouth also besemeth not a prynce.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:3-6
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    84%

    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.

    6He is lame of his fete, yee droncken is he in vanite, that comitteth eny thinge to a foole.

  • Prov 26:8-12
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    79%

    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.

    11Like as the dogg turneth agayne to his vomite, euen so a foole begynneth his foolishnesse agayne afresh.

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

  • Prov 19:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Prov 23:9
    74%

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

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    73%

    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.

  • Prov 15:2
    73%

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

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

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

  • Eccl 10:3
    72%

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

  • Prov 17:16
    72%

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

  • Prov 24:7
    71%

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

  • Eccl 10:12-15
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    71%

    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.

  • 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.

  • Prov 17:7
    71%

    7An eloquent speach becometh not a foole, a dyssemblinge mouth also besemeth not a prynce.

  • Prov 29:20
    71%

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

  • Prov 13:16
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    16A wyse man doth all thinges with discrecion, but a foole wil declare his foly.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23He that hath vnderstodinge, can hyde his wysdome: but an vndiscrete herte telleth out his foolishnesse.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15Loke what a foole taketh in honde, he thinketh it well done: but he that is wyse, wyl be couceled.

  • Job 12:5
    70%

    5Godlynesse is a light despysed in ye hertes of the rich, & is set for them to stomble vpon.

  • Prov 14:24
    70%

    24Riches are an ornament vnto the wyse, but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.

  • Prov 15:7
    70%

    7A wyse mouth poureth out knowlege, but ye herte of the foolish doth not so.

  • Ps 107:17
    70%

    17Foolish me were plaged for their offence, & because of their wickednesse.

  • Prov 17:24
    70%

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

  • Prov 15:14
    70%

    14A wyse herte wil seke after knowlege, but ye mouth of fooles medleth with foolishnesse.

  • Prov 27:3
    70%

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

  • Eccl 7:6
    70%

    6For the laughinge of fooles is like ye crackynge of thornes vnder a pott. And yt is but a vayne thinge.

  • Prov 15:21
    70%

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

  • Prov 26:1
    69%

    1Like as snowe is not mete in sommer, ner rayne in haruest: euen so is worshipe vnsemely for a foole.

  • Prov 10:26
    69%

    26As 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 25:19
    69%

    19The hope of the vngodly in tyme of nede, is like a rotten toth and a slippery foote.

  • Prov 13:20
    69%

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

  • Prov 27:22
    69%

    22Though thou shuldest bray a foole wt a pestell in a morter like otemeell, yet wil not his foolishnesse go from him.

  • Prov 10:14
    69%

    14Wyse me laye vp knowlege, but ye mouth of ye foolish is nye destruccio.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Delicate ease becometh not a foole, moch more vnsemely is it, a bonde man to haue ye rule of prynces.

  • Prov 10:18
    69%

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

  • Prov 17:21
    69%

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