Proverbs 26:7

King James Version 1611 (Original)

The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 26:9 : 9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
  • Matt 7:4-5 : 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
  • Luke 4:23 : 23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
  • Ps 50:16-21 : 16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. 18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. 20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. 21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
  • Ps 64:8 : 8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
  • Prov 17:7 : 7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:3-6
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    3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

    4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

    6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

  • Prov 26:8-12
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    8As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

    9As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

    10The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

    11As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

    12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Prov 19:1-3
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    1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

    2Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

    3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

    7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

  • Prov 24:7
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    7Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

  • Eccl 10:12-15
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    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

    13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

    14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

    15The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
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    7Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 17:7
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    7Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

  • Prov 29:20
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    20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

  • Job 12:5
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    5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

  • Ps 107:17
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    17Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

  • Prov 27:3
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    3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

  • Eccl 7:6
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    6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  • Prov 26:1
    69%

    1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

  • Prov 10:26
    69%

    26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

  • Prov 25:19
    69%

    19Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

  • Prov 13:20
    69%

    20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • Prov 27:22
    69%

    22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

  • Prov 10:14
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    14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

  • Prov 10:18
    69%

    18He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.