Proverbs 26:7
Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
BSB
ASV
The legs of the lame hang loose; So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
KJV
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Or, Take away the legs of the lame man, and the parable that is in the mouth of fools: both are alike useless to their possessors. Other meanings are: (1) “The legs of the lame man are feeble, so is parable in the mouth of fools.” (2) “the lifting up of the legs of a lame man, i. e., his attempts at dancing, are as the parable in the mouth of fools.”
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 64:8They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
leads to
A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
Through
Proverbs 17:7Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
leads to
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
Through
Proverbs 26:9Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
leads to
“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
