Like a thornbush that comes up in a drunkard’s hand is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
In context
7The legs of a lame man hang useless, and so does a proverb in the mouth of fools. 8Like binding a stone into a sling is giving honor to a fool. 9Like a thornbush that comes up in a drunkard’s hand is a proverb in the mouth of fools. 10Like an archer who wounds everyone is one who hires a fool, or hires whoever passes by. 11As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
