Proverbs 26:9

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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  • Prov 23:35 : 35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

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  • Prov 26:3-8
    6 verses
    80%

    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.

    7The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

    8As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

  • Prov 26:10-12
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    77%

    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 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.

  • 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 20:1
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    1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

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

  • 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?

  • Nah 1:10
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    10For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

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

  • Prov 26:18
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    18As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

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

  • Eccl 10:12-13
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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.

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

  • Prov 26:1
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    1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

  • 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.

  • Prov 14:7-8
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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.

  • 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 27:22
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    22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

  • Prov 17:24-25
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    24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

  • 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 29:11
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    11A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

  • Prov 19:1
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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.

  • Prov 19:29
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    29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

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

  • Prov 10:8
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    8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 10:10
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    10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 10:26
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    26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

  • Prov 15:19
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    19The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

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

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

  • 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.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.