Proverbs 26:7
The two legs of the lame have been weak, || And an allegory in the mouth of fools.
Literal Standard 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
6He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, || Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.
8As one who is binding a stone in a sling, || So [is] he who is giving honor to a fool.
Cross References
Psalms 64:8And they cause him to stumble, || Their own tongue [is] against them, || Every looker on them flees away.
Proverbs 26:9A thorn has gone up into the hand of a drunkard, || And an allegory in the mouth of fools.
Luke 4:23And He said to them, “Certainly you will say to Me this allegory, Physician, heal yourself; as great things as we heard done in Capernaum, do also here in Your 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 →