Proverbs 26:7 “Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.”

Proverbs 26:7

Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

World English Bible

Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

American Standard Version

The legs of the lame hang loose; So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Geneva Bible 1599

As they that lift vp the legs of the lame, so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

Darby Translation

The legs of the lame hang loose; so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Young's Literal Translation

Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

Bible in Basic English

The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.

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Cross references

“so”

Proverbs 26:9 Proverbs 17:7 Psalm 64:8 Psalm 50:16–21 Luke 4:23 Matthew 7:4

Proverbs 26:9 · BSB

Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Proverbs 17:7 · BSB

Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!

Psalm 64:8 · BSB

They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

Psalm 50:16–21 · BSB

To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?

Luke 4:23 · BSB

Jesus 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.’”

Matthew 7:4 · BSB

How 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?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

8Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

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