Proverbs 26:3-6

³It is necessary to whip a horse and to put a bridle on a donkey to force them to go where we want them to go, and similarly SIM it is often necessary to strike foolish people with a stick to cause them to do what is right.

⁴If a foolish person asks a foolish question, do not answer him, because if you answer his question, you are just as foolish as he is.

⁵If you give a foolish answer to someone who asks a foolish question, he will realize that he is ◄not very wise/foolish►.

⁶Anyone who asks a foolish person to take a message to someone is himself doing something as foolish as cutting off his own feet or drinking poison.