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.
6 Like cutting off feet or drinking violence, so is he who sends messages in the hand of a fool.
7 Like legs that hang limp from a lame person, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8 Like binding a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.
9 Like a thorn that goes up in the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10 Like an archer who wounds everyone, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires passersby.