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Proverbs 26:6
One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
Proverbs 26:6 · New Heart English Bible
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Proverbs 26:6 in other translations
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
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In context
3 A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
6 One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
7 Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
8 As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
9 Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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