6Like 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 offמְקַצֶּ֣הH7096Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singularone’s own feetרַ֭גְלַיִםH7272Noun - fdor drinkingשֹׁתֶ֑הH8354Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularviolenceחָמָ֣סH2555Noun - masculine singularis the sendingשֹׁלֵ֖חַH7971Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularof a messageדְּבָרִ֣יםH1697Noun - masculine pluralby the handבְּיַד־H3027Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular constructof a foolכְּסִֽיל׃H3684Noun - masculine singular