Like the legs which [a]are useless to the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Like [b]one who binds a stone in a sling,
So is he who gives honor to a fool.
Like a thorn which [c]falls into the hand of a drunkard,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:7 Lit hang down from
  2. Proverbs 26:8 Lit the binding of
  3. Proverbs 26:9 Lit goes up