Proverbs 26:5-7

New American Standard Bible 1995

^5 (A)Answer a fool as his folly deserves,
That he not be ^(B)wise in his own eyes.
⁶ He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence
Who sends a message by the hand of a fool.
⁷ Like the legs which ^[a]are useless to the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.