1As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
2As birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon any one without a cause.
3As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, so is a rod for a simple nation.
4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou become like him.
5Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit.
6He that sends a message by a foolish messenger procures for himself a reproach from his own ways.
7As well take away the motion of the legs, as transgression from the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 26
Proverbs 26:1-7