Proverbs 26:6 - The Scriptures 2009

⁶ He who sends a message by the hand of a fool Cuts off feet, drinks damage.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet [of satisfactory delivery] and drinks the damage. [Prov. 13:17.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.

Common English Bible

⁶ Sending messages with a fool is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking down violence.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Whoever sends words by a foolish messenger has lame feet and drinks iniquity.

Proverbs 26:6 Cross References

Proverbs 10:26

As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, So is the lazy one to those who send him.

Proverbs 13:17

A messenger that is wrong falls into evil, But a trustworthy envoy is a healing.

Proverbs 25:13

Like the cold of snow in time of harvest Is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him, For he refreshes the life of his masters.

Proverbs 26:5

Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he become wise in his own eyes.

Proverbs 26:7

The legs of the lame hang limp So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Numbers 13:31

But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.”