6 Trusting a fool to convey a messageis like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison!
7 A proverb in the mouth of a foolis as useless as a paralyzed leg.
8 Honoring a foolis as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot.
9 A proverb in the mouth of a foolis like a thorny branch brandished by a drunk.
10 An employer who hires a fool or a bystanderis like an archer who shoots at random.
11 As a dog returns to its vomit,so a fool repeats his foolishness.
12 There is more hope for foolsthan for people who think they are wise.