Proverbs 26:7
Useless are the legs of the lame, and a proverb, in the mouth of a dullard.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
In Context
8Like tying a stone to a sling, so, is he that giveth honour, to a dullard.
Cross References
Psalms 64:8When they were to have ruined another, their tongue smote themselves, All who observe them take flight.
Proverbs 26:9A brier cometh into the hand of a drunken-man, a proverb into the mouth of dullards.
Luke 4:23And he said unto them—By all means, ye will speak to me this similitude: Physician! heal, thyself,—Whatsoever things we have heard of coming to pass in Capernaum, do here also, in thine 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 →