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Proverbs 26

Pr. 26:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The legs
showq (Hebrew #7785)
the (lower) leg (as a runner)
KJV usage: hip, leg, shoulder, thigh.
Pronounce: shoke
Origin: from 7783
of the lame
picceach (Hebrew #6455)
lame
KJV usage: lame.
Pronounce: pis-say'-akh
Origin: from 6452
are ηnot equal
dalal (Hebrew #1809)
to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed
KJV usage: bring low, dry up, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished, be made thin.
Pronounce: daw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1802)
: so is a parable
mashal (Hebrew #4912)
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
KJV usage: byword, like, parable, proverb.
Pronounce: maw-shawl'
Origin: apparently from 4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action
in the mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
of fools
kciyl (Hebrew #3684)
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish).
Pronounce: kes-eel'
Origin: from 3688
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η
lifted up.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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not equal.
Heb. lifted up.
so.
Pr. 26:9• 9Espinas hincadas en mano del embriagado, Tal es el proverbio en la boca de los necios. (Pr. 26:9)
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Pr. 17:7• 7No conviene al necio la altilocuencia: Cuánto menos al príncipe el labio mentiroso! (Pr. 17:7)
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Sal. 50:16‑21• 16Pero al malo dijo Dios: ¿Qué tienes tú que enarrar mis leyes, Y que tomar mi pacto en tu boca,
 17Pues que tú aborreces el castigo, Y echas á tu espalda mis palabras?
 18Si veías al ladrón, tú corrías con él; Y con los adúlteros era tu parte.
 19Tu boca metías en mal, Y tu lengua componía engaño.
 20Tomabas asiento, y hablabas contra tu hermano: Contra el hijo de tu madre ponías infamia.
 21Estas cosas hiciste, y yo he callado: Pensabas que de cierto sería yo como tú: Yo te argüiré, y pondré las delante de tus ojos. (Sal. 50:16‑21)
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Sal. 64:8• 8Y harán caer sobre sí sus mismas lenguas: Se espantarán todos los que los vieren. (Sal. 64:8)
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Mt. 7:4‑5• 4O ¿cómo dirás á tu hermano: Espera, echaré de tu ojo la mota, y he aquí la viga en tu ojo?
 5Hipócrita! echa primero la viga de tu ojo, y entonces mirarás en echar la mota del ojo de tu hermano. (Mt. 7:4‑5)
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Lc. 4:23• 23Y les dijo: Sin duda me diréis este refrán: Médico, cúrate á ti mismo: de tantas cosas que hemos oído haber sido hechas en Capernaum, haz también aquí en tu tierra. (Lc. 4:23)
• The lame because of their unequal legs walk with a halting uncertain gait. When he who is not himself a child of wisdom attempts to use her speech, he too halts and by his uncertain words and ways makes known his folly. Such was Saul among the prophets (1 Sam. 19:24). (“Proverbs Twenty-Six” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The legs of the lame hang loose; so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.