Proverbs 26:3-12
A whip is for a horse, and a harness is for a donkey.
And a beating is for the backs of foolish people.
Don’t answer a foolish person in keeping with their foolish acts.
If you do, you yourself will be just like them.
Answer a foolish person in keeping with their foolish acts.
If you do not, they will be wise in their own eyes.
Sending a message in the hand of a foolish person
is like cutting off your feet or drinking poison.
A proverb in the mouth of a foolish person
is like disabled legs that are useless.
Giving honor to a foolish person
is like tying a stone in a slingshot.
A proverb in the mouth of a foolish person
is like a thorn in the hand of someone who is drunk.
Anyone who hires a foolish person or someone who is passing by
is like a person who shoots arrows at just anybody.
Foolish people who do the same foolish things again
are like a dog that returns to where it has thrown up.
Do you see a person who is wise in their own eyes?
There is more hope for a foolish person than for them.
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