Proverbs 26:7

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • 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
    4 verses
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    3 ¶ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

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

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

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

  • Prov 26:8-12
    5 verses
    79%

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prov 19:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1 ¶ Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

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

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

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

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6 ¶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

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

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

  • 3 ¶ In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  • 3 Yea 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.

  • 16 ¶ Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?

  • 7 ¶ Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

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    12 ¶ The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 20 ¶ Seest thou a man [that is] hasty in his words? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.

  • 16 ¶ Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.

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

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

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

  • 24 ¶ The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.

  • 7 ¶ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.

  • 17 ¶ Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

  • 24 ¶ Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.

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

  • 3 ¶ A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than them both.

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

  • 21 ¶ Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 14 ¶ Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.

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

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

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