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Proverbs 26:7
As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 26:7 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Proverbs 26:7 in other translations
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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In context
4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be made like him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.
6 He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity.
7 As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.
8 As he that casteth a stone into the heap of Mercury: so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
9 As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
10 Judgment determineth causes: and he that putteth a fool to silence, appeaseth anger.
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