3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools.
4 Don’t answer a fool according to his foolishness or you’ll be like him yourself.
5 Answer a fool according to his foolishness or he’ll become wise in his own eyes.
6 The one who sends a message by a fool’s hand cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
7 A proverb in the mouth of a foolis like lame legs that hang limp.
8 Giving honor to a foolis like binding a stone in a sling.
9 A proverb in the mouth of a foolis like a stick with thorns,brandished by the hand of a drunkard.