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Proverbs 26:1-7
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Proverbs 26:1-7
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1
Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
2
Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, an undeserved curse goes nowhere.
3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
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Do not answer fools according to their folly, or you will be a fool yourself.
5
Answer fools according to their folly, or they will be wise in their own eyes.
6
It is like cutting off one's foot and drinking down violence, to send a message by a fool.
7
The legs of a disabled person hang limp; so does a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
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