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Proverbs 26:4-14

4 Don't respond to the stupidity of a fool; you'll only look foolish yourself.

4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him.

5 Answer a fool in simple terms so he doesn't get a swelled head.

5 Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

6 You're only asking for trouble when you send a message by a fool.

6 Sending a message by the hands of a fool is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison.

7 A proverb quoted by fools is limp as a wet noodle.

7 Like the useless legs of one who is lame is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

8 Putting a fool in a place of honor is like setting a mud brick on a marble column.

8 Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

9 To ask a moron to quote a proverb is like putting a scalpel in the hands of a drunk.

9 Like a thornbush in a drunkard’s hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

10 Hire a fool or a drunk and you shoot yourself in the foot.

10 Like an archer who wounds at random is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.

11 As a dog eats its own vomit, so fools recycle silliness.

11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly.

12 See that man who thinks he's so smart? You can expect far more from a fool than from him.

12 Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.

13 Loafers say, "It's dangerous out there! Tigers are prowling the streets!" and then pull the covers back over their heads.

13 A sluggard says, “There’s a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!”

14 Just as a door turns on its hinges, so a lazybones turns back over in bed.

14 As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.