Proverbs 26:7 · KJV
“The legs of the lame are not equal: so {is} a parable in the mouth of fools. {are...: Heb. are lifted up}”
— Proverbs 26:7
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, {and} drinketh damage. {damage: or, violence}
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so {is} he that giveth honour to a fool. {bindeth...: or, putteth a precious stone in an heap of stones}
Proverbs 26 — Context
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. {conceit: Heb. eyes}
6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, {and} drinketh damage. {damage: or, violence}
7The legs of the lame are not equal: so {is} a parable in the mouth of fools. {are...: Heb. are lifted up}
8As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so {is} he that giveth honour to a fool. {bindeth...: or, putteth a precious stone in an heap of stones}
9{As} a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so {is} a parable in the mouth of fools.
Cross References
Proverbs 26:9
{As} a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so {is} a parable in the mouth of fools.
Psalms 64:8
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
Proverbs 17:7
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. {Excellent...: Heb. A lip of excellency} {lying...: Heb. a lip of lying}
Psalms 50:16-21
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?
Matthew 7:4-5
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?
Luke 4:23
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.