¹² Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,
    rather than a fool in his folly.

⁴ Answer not a fool according to his folly,
lest thou also be like unto him.

⁵ Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be wise in his own conceit.

⁶ He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool
cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

⁷ The legs of the lame are not equal:
so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

⁸ As he that bindeth a stone in a sling,
so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

⁹ As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard,
so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

¹⁰ The great God that formed all things
both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

¹¹ As a dog returneth to his vomit,
so a fool returneth to his folly.

²² Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle,
yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

⁹ If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man,
whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.