Proverbs 26:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.”
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Read Proverbs 26:7 in the flow of Proverbs26 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs26 to see the surrounding context.
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BSBPD
“Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“The legs of the lame hang loose; So is a parable in the mouth of fools.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 26:7 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 50:16To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
- Psalms 64:8They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
- Proverbs 17:7Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
- Proverbs 26:9Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
- Matthew 7:4How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?
- Luke 4:23Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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