Proverbs 26:9
“As a thorne goeth vp into the hand of a drunkard; so is a parable in the mouth of fooles.”
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Proverbs 26:9 Context
7The legges of the lame are not equall: so is a parable in the mouth of fooles. 8As hee that bindeth a stone in a sling; so is hee that giueth honour to a foole. 9As a thorne goeth vp into the hand of a drunkard; so is a parable in the mouth of fooles. 10The great God that formed all things, both rewardeth the foole, and rewardeth transgressours. 11As a dogge returneth to his vomite: so a foole returneth to his folly.
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[As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.
- King James Version
{Like} a thorn {which} falls into the hand of a drunkard, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
- New American Standard Version (1995)