The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.


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Proverbs 26 9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouths of fools.
Ecclesiastes 10 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Proverbs 15 2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Isaiah 35 6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Proverbs 18 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Psalms 107 17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
Ecclesiastes 7 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7 6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Matthew 13 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Proverbs 10 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
Proverbs 17 10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Luke 6 39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
Proverbs 18 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Ecclesiastes 10 3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
Ecclesiastes 2 15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
Matthew 13 18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
Proverbs 14 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Proverbs 14 24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
Psalms 32 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Proverbs 17 21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Proverbs 26 6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
Proverbs 24 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Proverbs 15 7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
Ecclesiastes 9 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Psalms 147 10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
Proverbs 27 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Proverbs 15 21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
Ecclesiastes 2 14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
Luke 18 25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Proverbs 29 9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
Proverbs 26 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Proverbs 10 14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Ecclesiastes 10 2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Isaiah 59 14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Ecclesiastes 4 5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Proverbs 29 20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Proverbs 14 33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
Ecclesiastes 7 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
2 Samuel 19 26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.
Ecclesiastes 2 16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
Psalms 64 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Proverbs 27 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Proverbs 29 11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
Ecclesiastes 12 11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
Matthew 7 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
Proverbs 19 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 23 9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Ecclesiastes 6 8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Proverbs 26 12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Proverbs 3 35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.