Proverbs 26:7 Cross References - BBE

⁷ The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.

¹⁶ But to the sinner, God says, What are you doing, talking of my laws, or taking the words of my agreement in your mouth? ¹⁷ Seeing that you have no desire for my teaching, turning your back on my words. ¹⁸ When you saw a thief, you were in agreement with him, and you were joined with those who took other men's wives. ¹⁹ You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit. ²⁰ You say evil of your brother; you make false statements against your mother's son. ²¹ These things have you done, and I said nothing; it seemed to you that I was such a one as yourself; but I will make a protest against you, and put them in order before your eyes.

⁸ The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

⁷ Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.

⁹ Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

⁴ Or how will you say to your brother, Let me take out the grain of dust from your eye, when you yourself have a bit of wood in your eye? ⁵ You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.

²³ And he said to them, Without doubt you will say to me, Let the medical man make himself well: the things which to our knowledge were done at Capernaum, do them here in your country.