³ People ruin their lives by their own foolishness
    and then are angry at the Lord.

³ Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor;
    only fools insist on quarreling.

²⁰ The wise have wealth and luxury,
    but fools spend whatever they get.

¹⁵ A youngster’s heart is filled with foolishness,
    but physical discipline will drive it far away.

26 Honor is no more associated with fools
    than snow with summer or rain with harvest.

² Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,
    an undeserved curse will not land on its intended victim.

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

⁴ Don’t answer the foolish arguments of fools,
    or you will become as foolish as they are.

⁵ Be sure to answer the foolish arguments of fools,
    or they will become wise in their own estimation.

⁶ Trusting a fool to convey a message
    is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison!

⁷ A proverb in the mouth of a fool
    is as useless as a paralyzed leg.

⁸ Honoring a fool
    is as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot.

⁹ A proverb in the mouth of a fool
    is like a thorny branch brandished by a drunk.

¹⁰ An employer who hires a fool or a bystander
    is like an archer who shoots at random.

¹¹ As a dog returns to its vomit,
    so a fool repeats his foolishness.

¹² There is more hope for fools
    than for people who think they are wise.

²⁶ Those who trust their own insight are foolish,
    but anyone who walks in wisdom is safe.

¹¹ Fools vent their anger,
    but the wise quietly hold it back.

³² If you have been a fool by being proud or plotting evil,
    cover your mouth in shame.