Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If you let a fool deliver a message, you might as well cut off your own feet; you are asking for trouble. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity. sendeth Proverbs 10:26 The fear of the Lord shall prolong days: and the years of the wicked shall be shortened. Proverbs 13:17 The messenger of the wicked shall fall into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. Proverbs 25:13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to him that sent him, for he refresheth his soul. Numbers 13:31 But the others, that had been with him, said: No, we are not able to go up to this people, because they are stronger than we. Context Similitudes and Instructions…5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise. 6He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity.7As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.… Cross References Proverbs 10:26 The fear of the Lord shall prolong days: and the years of the wicked shall be shortened. Proverbs 26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise. Proverbs 26:7 As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools. Jump to Previous Cuts Cutteth Cutting Damage Drinketh Drinking Drinks Feet Fool Foolish Hand Injury Message News One's Sending Sends ViolenceJump to Next Cuts Cutteth Cutting Damage Drinketh Drinking Drinks Feet Fool Foolish Hand Injury Message News One's Sending Sends ViolenceLinks Proverbs 26:6 NIVProverbs 26:6 NLT Proverbs 26:6 ESV Proverbs 26:6 NASB Proverbs 26:6 Bible Apps Proverbs 26:6 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 26:6 Chinese Bible Proverbs 26:6 French Bible Proverbs 26:6 German Bible Alphabetical: a and by cuts cutting drinking drinks feet fool hand He his is Like message of off one's or own sending sends the violence Who OT Poetry: Proverbs 26:6 One who sends a message by (Prov. Pro Pr) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |