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Proverbs 26:6-8
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6 If you let a fool deliver a message, you might as well cut off your own feet; you are asking for trouble.

7 A fool can use a proverb about as well as crippled people can use their legs.

8 Praising someone who is stupid makes as much sense as tying a stone in a sling.

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Proverbs 26:6-8
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6 Sending a message by the hands of a fool(A)
    is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison.
7 Like the useless legs of one who is lame
    is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.(B)
8 Like tying a stone in a sling
    is the giving of honor to a fool.(C)

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