Proverbs 26:7
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7 The legs of a lame person hang limp;
so does a proverb in the mouth of a fool.(A)
Proverbs 26:9
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9 Like a thornbush brandished by the hand of a drunkard
is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.(A)
Proverbs 17:7
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7 Excess speech is not becoming to a fool;
still less is false speech to a ruler.[a]
Footnotes
- 17.7 Or a noble
Psalm 64:8
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8 Because of their tongue he will bring them to ruin;[a]
all who see them will shake with horror.(A)
Footnotes
- 64.8 Cn: Heb They will bring him to ruin, their tongue being against them
Luke 4:23
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23 He said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Doctor, cure yourself!’ And you will say, ‘Do here also in your hometown the things that we have heard you did at Capernaum.’ ”(A)
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Matthew 7:4-5
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4 Or how can you say to your neighbor, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while the log is 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 neighbor’s eye.
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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?(A)
17 For you hate discipline,
and you cast my words behind you.(B)
18 You make friends with a thief when you see one,
and you keep company with adulterers.(C)
19 You give your mouth free rein for evil,
and your tongue frames deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your kin;
you slander your own mother’s child.(D)
21 These things you have done, and I have been silent;
you thought that I was one just like yourself.
But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.(E)
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