Proverbs 26:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

Like a thorn that goes 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 struck me," you shall say, "and I was not hurt; they have beaten me, and I did not feel it; when shall I awake, I will seek it yet again."

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  • Prov 26:3-8
    6 verses
    80%

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prov 26:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

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

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

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

  • Prov 23:9
    75%

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

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

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

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

  • Eccl 7:6
    74%

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

  • Prov 20:1
    74%

    1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

  • Prov 12:23
    74%

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

  • Prov 14:3
    74%

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

  • Prov 17:16
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    16 Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no desire for it?

  • Nah 1:10
    73%

    10 For while they are entangled like thorns and while they are drunken like drunkards, they shall be devoured as fully dry stubble.

  • Prov 14:24
    73%

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

  • Prov 26:18
    73%

    18 Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,

  • Prov 13:16
    73%

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

  • Eccl 10:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

  • Prov 15:2
    73%

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

  • Prov 26:1
    73%

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

  • Prov 27:3
    73%

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

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    72%

    7 Leave the presence of a foolish man, when you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

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

  • Eccl 10:3
    72%

    3 Yes, 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 27:22
    72%

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

  • Prov 17:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

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

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

  • Prov 15:14
    72%

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

  • Prov 29:11
    72%

    11 A fool utters all his mind; but a wise man keeps it in till afterward.

  • Eccl 10:15
    72%

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

  • Prov 19:1
    72%

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

  • Prov 19:29
    72%

    29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

  • Prov 10:23
    72%

    23 It is as a sport to a fool to do mischief, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

  • Prov 14:33
    72%

    33 Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • Prov 24:7
    71%

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

  • Prov 10:8
    71%

    8 The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 10:10
    71%

    10 He who winks with the eye causes sorrow, but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 10:26
    71%

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

  • Prov 15:19
    71%

    19 The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the righteous is made plain.

  • Prov 10:14
    71%

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

  • Prov 15:5
    71%

    5 A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 22:5
    71%

    5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards his soul shall be far from them.

  • Prov 12:15
    71%

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

  • Prov 16:22
    71%

    22 Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.

  • Prov 19:3
    71%

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