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Proverbs 26:7
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 26:7 · King James Version
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Proverbs 26:7 in other translations
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.
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 also be like unto him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
10 The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
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