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Proverbs 26

Prov. 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.
Prov. 26:9• 9A thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard,{HR}So is a proverb in the mouth of fools. (Prov. 26:9)
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Prov. 17:7• 7Excellent speech becometh not a fool:{HR}Much less do lying lips a prince! (Prov. 17:7)
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Psa. 50:16‑21• 16And to the wicked God saith,{HR}What [is it] to thee , to declare my statutes,{HR}And take my covenant into thy mouth?
 17And thou hast hated correction,{HR}And hast cast my words behind thee.
 18If thou sawest a thief,{HR}Thou didst take pleasure in him ,{HR}And with adulterers [was] thy portion.
 19Thy mouth thou hast sent out (let loose) to evil,{HR}And thy tongue frameth deceit.
 20Thou sittest, thou speakest against thy brother;{HR}Against thy mother's son thou utterest slander.
 21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;{HR}Thou thoughtest I was altogether, like thee.{HR}I will reprove thee and set [them] in order before thine eyes. (Psa. 50:16‑21)
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Psa. 64:8• 8And they shall be made to stumble,{HR}Their own tongue against them;{HR}All that see them shall flee away. (Psa. 64:8)
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Matt. 7:4‑5• 4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote from thine eye; and, behold, the beam [is] in thine eye?
 5Hypocrite, pull out first the beam out of thine eye, and then wilt thou see clearly to pull out the mote out of the eye of thy brother. (Matt. 7:4‑5)
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Luke 4:23• 23And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard has taken place in Capernaum, do here also in thine own country. (Luke 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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The legs of the lame hang loose:{HR}So [is] a proverb in the mouth of fools.