Bible verse

Proverbs 26:7

Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Proverbs 26:7 · BSB

Proverbs 26:7 in context

The verses around it, from Proverbs 26.

3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.

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

6 Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

7 Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

8 Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

9 Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

10 Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.

11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

Read all of Proverbs 26

Proverbs 26:7 in other translations

KJV

The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.

ASV

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

ERV

The legs of the lame hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

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