Proverbs 26:7
As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
In Context
6He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity.
8As he that casteth a stone into the heap of Mercury: so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
Cross References
Psalms 64:8and God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:
Proverbs 26:9As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Luke 4:23And he said to them: Doubtless you will say to me this similitude: Physician, heal thyself: as great things as we have heard done in Capharnaum, do also here in thy own country.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:7-10
6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. 7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools. 8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool. 9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools. To recommend wisdom to us, and to quicken us to the diligent use of all the means for the getting of wisdom, Solomon here shows that fools are fit for nothing; they are either… Read the whole commentary →