Cross References

Proverbs 26:6

Good News Translation

If you let a fool deliver a message, you might as well cut off your own feet; you are asking for trouble.

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Never get a lazy person to do something for you; he will be as irritating as vinegar on your teeth or smoke in your eyes.

Unreliable messengers cause trouble, but those who can be trusted bring peace.

A reliable messenger is refreshing to the one who sends him, like cold water in the heat of harvest time.

Give a silly answer to a silly question, and the one who asked it will realize that he's not as smart as he thinks.

A fool can use a proverb about as well as crippled people can use their legs.

But the men who had gone with Caleb said, “No, we are not strong enough to attack them; the people there are more powerful than we are.”