Proverbs 17:12
English Standard Version
Proverbs 17:12
New International Version
12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than a fool bent on folly.(A)
Proverbs 23:9
English Standard Version
9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
for he will despise the good sense of your words.
Proverbs 23:9
New International Version
Saying 10
9 Do not speak to fools,
for they will scorn your prudent words.(A)
Proverbs 26:4-11
English Standard Version
4 (A)Answer not a fool according to his folly,
lest you be like him yourself.
5 (B)Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be (C)wise in his own eyes.
6 Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool
cuts off his own feet and (D)drinks violence.
7 Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless,
is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8 Like one who binds the stone in the sling
is (E)one who gives honor to a fool.
9 Like (F)a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard
is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10 Like an archer who wounds everyone
is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.[a]
11 Like (G)a dog that returns to his vomit
is (H)a fool who repeats his folly.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:10 Or hires a fool or passersby
Proverbs 26:4-11
New International Version
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
or you yourself will be just like him.(A)
5 Answer a fool according to his folly,
or he will be wise in his own eyes.(B)
6 Sending a message by the hands of a fool(C)
is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison.
7 Like the useless legs of one who is lame
is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.(D)
8 Like tying a stone in a sling
is the giving of honor to a fool.(E)
9 Like a thornbush in a drunkard’s hand
is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.(F)
10 Like an archer who wounds at random
is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.
11 As a dog returns to its vomit,(G)
so fools repeat their folly.(H)
Proverbs 27:22
English Standard Version
22 (A)Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle
along with crushed grain,
yet his folly will not depart from him.
Proverbs 27:22
New International Version
22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar,
grinding them like grain with a pestle,
you will not remove their folly from them.
Proverbs 29:9
English Standard Version
9 If a wise man has an argument with a fool,
the fool only rages and laughs, and there is (A)no quiet.
Proverbs 29:9
New International Version
9 If a wise person goes to court with a fool,
the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.
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