Proverbs 26:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:26 : 26 Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
  • Prov 13:17 : 17 An unreliable messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
  • Prov 25:13 : 13 Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him, for he refreshes the heart of his masters.
  • Num 13:31 : 31 But the men who had gone up with him said,“We are not able to go up against these people, because they are stronger than we are!”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:7-10
    4 verses
    84%

    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.

    10Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passerby.

  • Prov 26:3-5
    3 verses
    80%

    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.

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.

    7The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.

  • Prov 23:9
    74%

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

  • Eccl 10:3
    74%

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

  • Prov 13:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

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

    17An unreliable messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

  • 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.

  • Eccl 10:12-15
    4 verses
    73%

    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.

    13At the beginning his words are foolish and at the end his talk is wicked madness,

    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 12:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    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 29:20
    73%

    20You have seen someone who is hasty in his words– there is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 17:16
    72%

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

  • Prov 28:26
    72%

    26The one who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but the one who walks in wisdom will escape.

  • Prov 10:18
    72%

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

  • Prov 13:20
    72%

    20The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

  • Prov 26:18
    72%

    18Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,

  • Prov 15:5
    71%

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

  • Prov 11:29
    71%

    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 15:2
    71%

    2The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7Walk abreast with a foolish person, and you do not understand wise counsel.

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

  • Eccl 4:5
    71%

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

  • Prov 19:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

    2It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

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

  • Prov 15:21
    71%

    21Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

  • 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 10:8
    71%

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

  • Prov 14:3
    71%

    3In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

  • Prov 12:23
    71%

    23The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people proclaim folly.

  • Prov 10:10
    71%

    10The one who winks his eye causes trouble, and the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.

  • Prov 14:17
    70%

    17A person who has a quick temper will do foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes will be hated.

  • Prov 26:12
    70%

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

  • Prov 1:32
    70%

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

  • Prov 17:12
    70%

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

  • 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.

  • Eccl 10:9
    70%

    9One who quarries stones may be injured by them; one who splits logs may be endangered by them.

  • Prov 24:7
    70%

    7Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.