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Proverbs 26:6

Proverbs 26:6 is verse 6 of Proverbs chapter 26, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

Proverbs 26:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.

5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.

6 Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

7 Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

8 Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 10:26
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.

Proverbs 13:17
A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

Proverbs 25:13
Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.

Numbers 13:31
But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”