1 Like snow in the summer and like rain at the harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
2 Like the sparrow is to fluttering and like the swallow is to flying, so an undeserved curse does not go forth.
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly lest you become like him—even you.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, or else he will be wise in his own eyes.