Proverbs 26:7
A proverb spoken by someone stupid is as useless as a lame person's legs.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
In Context
6Trusting someone stupid to deliver a message is like cutting off your feet or drinking poison.
8Honoring someone stupid is as pointless as tying a stone into a sling.
Cross References
Psalms 64:8What they themselves say will trip them up; people who see them will mock them, shaking their heads at them.
Proverbs 26:9A proverb spoken by someone stupid is as ridiculous as a thorn bush waved around by a drunk.
Luke 4:23Jesus replied, “I'm sure you'll repeat this proverb to me, ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ and ask, ‘Why don't you do here in your own hometown what we heard you did in Capernaum?’
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 →