Proverbs 26:7

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 26:9

[As] a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Proverbs 17:7

Excellent speech is not appropriate to a fool, much less lying lips to a prince.

Psalm 64:8

So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them. All who see them shall wag the head.

Luke 4:23

And he said to them, Ye will doubtless say to me this proverb: Physician, heal thyself. How many things we heard that happened at Capernaum, do also here in thy fatherland.

Proverbs 26:6

He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet, [and] drinks injury.

Proverbs 26:8

As he who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.