Proverbs 26:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passerby.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:31 : 31 If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!
  • Rom 2:6 : 6 He will reward each one according to his works:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

    12You have seen a man wise in his own opinion– there is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 26:3-9
    7 verses
    77%

    3A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

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

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

    6Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message by the hand of a fool.

    7Like legs dangle uselessly from the lame, so a proverb dangles in the mouth of fools.

    8Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.

    9Like a thorn has gone up into the hand of a drunkard, so a proverb has gone up into the mouth of a fool.

  • Prov 17:21
    73%

    21Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 10:23
    73%

    23Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.

  • Prov 13:16
    72%

    16Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

  • Prov 17:16
    72%

    16What’s the point of a fool having money in hand to buy wisdom, when his head is empty?

  • Prov 14:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

    9Fools mock at reparation, but among the upright there is favor.

  • Prov 14:24
    72%

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

  • Prov 19:29
    72%

    29Penalties have been prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools.

  • Eccl 10:3
    72%

    3Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, and shows everyone what a fool he is.

  • Prov 11:29
    72%

    29The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

  • Prov 29:11
    71%

    11A fool lets fly with all his temper, but a wise person keeps it back.

  • Prov 26:1
    71%

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

  • Prov 17:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.

    13As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.

  • Ps 107:17
    71%

    17They acted like fools in their rebellious ways, and suffered because of their sins.

  • Prov 10:8
    71%

    8The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.

  • Prov 17:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

    25A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.

    16A fool’s annoyance is known at once, but the prudent conceals dishonor.

  • Prov 3:35
    71%

    35The wise inherit honor, but he holds fools up to public contempt.

  • Prov 1:32
    71%

    32For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.

  • Eccl 5:4
    70%

    4When you make a vow to God, do not delay in paying it. For God takes no pleasure in fools: Pay what you vow!

  • Prov 19:10
    70%

    10Luxury is not appropriate for a fool; how much less for a servant to rule over princes!

  • Eccl 10:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14yet a fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future?

    15The toil of a stupid fool wears him out, because he does not even know the way to the city.

  • Prov 27:3
    70%

    3A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them.

  • Prov 19:3
    70%

    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 15:5
    70%

    5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

  • Eccl 10:12
    70%

    12Words and Works of Wise Men and Fools The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.

  • Job 12:17
    70%

    17He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.

  • Prov 14:33
    70%

    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is not known in the inner parts of fools.

  • Job 21:19
    70%

    19You may say,‘God stores up a man’s punishment for his children!’ Instead let him repay the man himself so that he may be humbled!

  • Prov 11:18
    70%

    18The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

  • Ps 92:6
    69%

    6The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.

  • Prov 17:10
    69%

    10A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.

  • Prov 14:16
    69%

    16A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.

  • Eccl 4:5
    69%

    5The fool folds his hands and does no work, so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh.

  • Prov 13:21
    69%

    21Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

  • Prov 10:18
    69%

    18The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.

  • Ps 14:1
    69%

    1For the music director; by David. Fools say to themselves,“There is no God.” They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.