2As birds and sparrows fly, So a curse shall not come upon anyone 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.
8He that binds up a stone in a sling, Is like one that gives glory to a fool.
Proverbs 26
Proverbs 26:2-8