◄ Proverbs 26:9 ►
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Good News Translation
A fool quoting a wise saying reminds you of a drunk trying to pick a thorn out of his hand.

New Revised Standard Version
Like a thornbush brandished by the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Contemporary English Version
A thornbush waved around in the hand of a drunkard is no worse than a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

New American Bible
A thorn stuck in the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Douay-Rheims Bible
As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Context
Similitudes and Instructions
…8As he that casteth a stone into the heap of Mercury: so is he that giveth honour to a fool. 9As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.10Judgment determineth causes: and he that putteth a fool to silence, appeaseth anger.…
Cross References
Proverbs 26:8
As he that casteth a stone into the heap of Mercury: so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

Proverbs 26:10
Judgment determineth causes: and he that putteth a fool to silence, appeaseth anger.

Proverbs 26:8
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