6 Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 26:6
Fools, Sluggards, Quarrels, Gossip, Deceitful Speech, and the Ruin of Unrestrained Folly
The chapter moves from an extended warning about fools, to the self-deception of sluggards, to the danger of meddling and harmful joking, to gossip as conflict fuel, and finally to the concealed malice of lying and flattering speech.
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Verse 6
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Like cutting off מְקַצֶּ֣ה H7096 Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular one’s own feet רַ֭גְלַיִם H7272 Noun - fd or drinking שֹׁתֶ֑ה H8354 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular violence חָמָ֣ס H2555 Noun - masculine singular is the sending שֹׁלֵ֖חַ H7971 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular of a message דְּבָרִ֣ים H1697 Noun - masculine plural by the hand בְּיַד־ H3027 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct of a fool כְּסִֽיל׃ H3684 Noun - masculine singular