Proverbs 26:7
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7 Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless,
is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 26:9
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9 Like (A)a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard
is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Luke 4:23
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23 And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, (A)‘“Physician, heal yourself.” What we have heard you did (B)at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’”
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Matthew 7:4-5
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4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
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Proverbs 17:7
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Psalm 64:8
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8 They are brought to ruin, with their own (A)tongues turned against them;
all who (B)see them will (C)wag their heads.
Psalm 50:16-21
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16 But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite my statutes
or take my covenant on your lips?
17 (A)For you hate discipline,
(B)and you cast my words behind you.
18 If you see a thief, (C)you are pleased with him,
(D)and you keep company with adulterers.
19 “You give your mouth free rein for evil,
(E)and your tongue frames deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your brother;
you slander your own mother's son.
21 These things you have done, and I (F)have been silent;
you thought that I[a] was one like yourself.
But now I (G)rebuke you and (H)lay the charge before you.
Footnotes
- Psalm 50:21 Or that the I am
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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