Proverbs 26:9 - The Scriptures 1998

⁹ A thorn goes into the hand of a drunkard So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

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⁹ As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

⁹ Like a thorn that goes [without being felt] into the hand of a drunken man, so is a proverb in the mouth of a [self-confident] fool.

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⁹ As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

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⁹ Like a thorny bush in the hand of a drunk, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

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⁹ In the manner of a thorn, if it were to spring up from the hand of a drunkard, so also is a parable in the mouth of the foolish.

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“They smote me, I was not sick! They beat me, I did not know! When shall I wake up? Let me seek it again!”

An archer who wounds anyone, Is he who hires a fool or any passer-by.

Like one binding a stone in a sling, So is he who gives esteem to a fool.