7 Like 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 lame מִפִּסֵּ֑חַ H6455 Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular legs שֹׁ֭קַיִם H7785 Noun - fd hanging limp דַּלְי֣וּ H1809 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural is a proverb וּ֝מָשָׁ֗ל H4912 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular in the mouth בְּפִ֣י H6310 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct of a fool כְסִילִֽים׃ H3684 Noun - masculine plural