Proverbs 26:1-3

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26 Honor doesn’t go with fools any more than snow with summertime or rain with harvesttime!

² An undeserved curse has no effect. Its intended victim will be no more harmed by it than by a sparrow or swallow flitting through the sky.

³ Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle, and a rebel with a rod to his back!