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Friday, April 26th, 2024
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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 17:12; Proverbs 23:9; Proverbs 26:4-11; Proverbs 27:22; Proverbs 29:9
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Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 17:12
- Variant Count: 3 (18%)
Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly.
Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn the wisdom of your words.
Proverbs 23:9
- Variant Count: 8 (47%)
Saying 10 Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words.
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.
Proverbs 26:4
- Variant Count: 2 (11%)
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him.
Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 26:5
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.
Like cutting off one's feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
Proverbs 26:6
- Variant Count: 3 (15%)
Sending a message by the hands of a fool is like cutting off one's feet or drinking poison.
Like a lame man's legs that hang limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Proverbs 26:7
- Variant Count: 4 (21%)
Like the useless legs of one who is lame is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
Proverbs 26:8
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
Like a thornbush in a drunkard's hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Proverbs 26:9
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
Like a thornbush in a drunkard's hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or any passer-by.
Proverbs 26:10
- Variant Count: 2 (11%)
Like an archer who wounds at random is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
Proverbs 26:11
- Variant Count: 4 (30%)
As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly.
Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding him like grain with a pestle, you will not remove his folly from him.
Proverbs 27:22
- Variant Count: 4 (16%)
Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.
If a wise man goes to court with a fool, the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.
Proverbs 29:9
- Variant Count: 2 (9%)
If a wise person goes to court with a fool, the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.
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