Proverbs 26:1-7

¹As snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so glory is not seemly for a fool.

²As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man.

³A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools.

⁴Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be made like him.

⁵Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.

⁶He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity.

⁷As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.