3 The whip for the horse, the bridle for the ass,and the rod for the back of fools.
4 Do not answer fools according to their folly,lest you too become like them.
5 Answer fools according to their folly,lest they become wise in their own eyes.
6 Those who send messages by a foolcut off their feet; they drink down violence.
7 A proverb in the mouth of a foolhangs limp, like crippled legs.
8 Giving honor to a foolis like entangling a stone in the sling.
9 A thorn stuck in the hand of a drunkardis a proverb in the mouth of fools.