Proverbs 26:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

The legs of the lame are uneven: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

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  • Prov 26:9 : 9 Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
  • Matt 7:4-5 : 4 Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and behold, a plank is in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
  • Luke 4:23 : 23 And he said to them, You will surely say to me this proverb, Physician, heal yourself: whatever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in your country.
  • Ps 50:16-21 : 16 But to the wicked God says, What right do you have to declare My statutes, or to take My covenant in your mouth? 17 Seeing you hate instruction, and cast My words behind you. 18 When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers. 19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit. 20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. 21 These things you have done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was altogether like you: but I will reprove you, and set them in order before your eyes.
  • Ps 64:8 : 8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves; all who see them shall flee away.
  • Prov 17:7 : 7 Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, much less lying lips for a prince.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 26:3-6
    4 verses
    84%

    3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool’s back.

    4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

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

    6He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet, and drinks in damage.

  • Prov 26:8-12
    5 verses
    79%

    8Like one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.

    9Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

    10The great God who formed all things rewards the fool, and rewards transgressors.

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

    12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 19:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

    2Also, for the soul to be without knowledge is not good; and he who hurries with his feet sins.

    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Prov 23:9
    74%

    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows.

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

  • Prov 15:2
    73%

    2The tongue of the wise uses knowledge appropriately, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

  • Eccl 10:3
    72%

    3Yes, also, when he that is a fool walks by the way, his wisdom fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

  • Prov 17:16
    72%

    16Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no desire for it?

  • Prov 24:7
    71%

    7Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the gate.

  • Eccl 10:12-15
    4 verses
    71%

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

    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 labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he does not know how to go to the city.

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7Leave the presence of a foolish man, when you do not perceive 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
    71%

    7Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, much less lying lips for a prince.

  • Prov 29:20
    71%

    20Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 13:16
    70%

    16Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.

  • Prov 12:23
    70%

    23A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

  • Prov 12:15
    70%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

  • Job 12:5
    70%

    5He who is ready to slip with his feet is like a lamp despised in the thought of him who is at ease.

  • Prov 14:24
    70%

    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Prov 15:7
    70%

    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the heart of the foolish does not.

  • Ps 107:17
    70%

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

  • Prov 17:24
    70%

    24Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 15:14
    70%

    14The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

  • Prov 27:3
    70%

    3A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's anger is heavier than both.

  • Eccl 7:6
    70%

    6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool; this also is vanity.

  • Prov 15:21
    70%

    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Prov 26:1
    69%

    1Like snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

  • Prov 10:26
    69%

    26As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who 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 who walks with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • Prov 27:22
    69%

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

  • Prov 10:14
    69%

    14Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

  • Prov 19:10
    69%

    10Delight is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to rule over princes.

  • Prov 10:18
    69%

    18He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.

  • Prov 17:21
    69%

    21He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.