7Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 26:7
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 7
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Like lameמִפִּסֵּ֑חַH6455Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singularlegsשֹׁ֭קַיִםH7785Noun - fdhanging limpדַּלְי֣וּH1809Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralis a proverbוּ֝מָשָׁ֗לH4912Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularin the mouthבְּפִ֣יH6310Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof a foolכְסִילִֽים׃H3684Noun - masculine plural