Proverbs 17:12
21st Century King James Version
12 Let a man meet a bear robbed of her whelps, rather than a fool in his folly.
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Proverbs 23:9
21st Century King James Version
9 Speak not to the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
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Proverbs 26:4-11
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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 think himself wise in his own conceit.
6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh violence.
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 honor to a fool.
9 As a thorn pierceth into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
10 The great God who 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.
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Proverbs 27:22
21st Century King James Version
22 Though thou shouldest grind a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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Proverbs 29:9
21st Century King James Version
9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
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