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 you 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 26:3-7