Proverbs 26:4-6

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁴Do not answer fools according to their folly,
    or you will be a fool yourself.
⁵Answer fools according to their folly,
    or they will be wise in their own eyes.
⁶It is like cutting off one’s foot and drinking down violence,
    to send a message by a fool.

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