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
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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.

    5Answer 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
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    8As 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
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    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.

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

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6¶ A 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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    2¶ The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3¶ In 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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    16¶ Wherefore [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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    7¶ Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

  • Eccl 10:12-15
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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.

    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
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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.

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

  • Prov 29:20
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    20¶ Seest 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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    16¶ Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.

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

  • Prov 12:15
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    15¶ The 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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    24¶ The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.

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

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

  • Prov 17:24
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    24¶ Wisdom [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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    14¶ The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

  • Prov 27:3
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    3¶ A 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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    21¶ Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

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

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

  • Prov 25:19
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    19¶ Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble [is like] a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

  • Prov 13:20
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    20¶ He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • Prov 27:22
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    22¶ Though 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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    14¶ Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.

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

  • Prov 10:18
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    18¶ He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.

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