Proverbs 26:7

Catholic Public Domain Version

In the manner of a lame man who has beautiful legs to no purpose, so also is a parable unfit for the mouth of the foolish.

Cross References

Psalm 64:8

You stir up the depths of the sea, the noise of its waves. The nations will be troubled,

Proverbs 17:7

Well-chosen words are not fitting for the foolish, nor are lying lips fitting for a leader.

Proverbs 26:6

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

Proverbs 26:8

Just like one who casts a stone into the pile of Mercury, so also is he who gives honor to the foolish.

Proverbs 26:9

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.

Luke 4:23

And he said to them: "Certainly, you will recite to me this saying, 'Physician, heal yourself.' The many great things that we have heard were done in Capernaum, do here also in your own country."