(A)Answer a fool as his foolishness deserves,
So that he will not be (B)wise in his own eyes.
One who sends a message by the hand of a fool
Chops off his own feet and drinks violence.
Like [a]useless legs to one who cannot walk,
So is a proverb in the mouths of fools.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:7 Lit legs that dangle from one paralyzed

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