Proverbs 26:1-9

1 Like snow in the summer or rain at harvest, so honor isn't appropriate for a fool.
2 Like a darting sparrow, like a flying swallow, so an undeserved curse never arrives.
3 A whip for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
4 Don't answer fools according to their folly, or you will become like them yourself.
5 Answer fools according to their folly, or they will deem themselves wise.
6 Sending messages with a fool is like cutting off one's feet or drinking down violence.
7 As legs dangle from a disabled person, so does a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8 Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving respect to a fool.
9 Like a thorny bush in the hand of a drunk, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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