Proverbs 26:7

The Message

A proverb quoted by fools is limp as a wet noodle.

Cross References

Proverbs 17:7

We don’t expect eloquence from fools, nor do we expect lies from our leaders.

Proverbs 26:6

You’re only asking for trouble when you send a message by a fool.

Proverbs 26:8

Putting a fool in a place of honor is like setting a mud brick on a marble column.

Proverbs 26:9

To ask a moron to quote a proverb is like putting a scalpel in the hands of a drunk.

Luke 4:23

He answered, “I suppose you’re going to quote the proverb, ‘Doctor, go heal yourself. Do here in your hometown what we heard you did in Capernaum.’ Well, let me tell you something: No prophet is ever welcomed in his hometown. Isn’t it a fact that there were many widows in Israel at the time of Elijah during that three and a half years of drought when famine devastated the land, but the only widow to whom Elijah was sent was in Sarepta in Sidon? And there were many lepers in Israel at the time of the prophet Elisha but the only one cleansed was Naaman the Syrian.”