Proverbs 17:12
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12 It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool caught in his folly.
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Proverbs 23:9
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9 Don’t waste your breath on a rebel. He will despise the wisest advice.
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Proverbs 26:4-11
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4-5 When arguing with a rebel, don’t use foolish arguments as he does, or you will become as foolish as he is! Prick his conceit with silly replies![a]
6 To trust a rebel to convey a message is as foolish as cutting off your feet and drinking poison!
7 In the mouth of a fool a proverb becomes as useless as a paralyzed leg.
8 Honoring a rebel will backfire like a stone tied to a slingshot!
9 A rebel will misapply an illustration so that its point will no more be felt than a thorn in the hand of a drunkard.
10 The master may get better work from an untrained apprentice than from a skilled rebel!
11 As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
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- Proverbs 26:4 Prick his conceit with silly replies, implied; literally, “Reply to a fool as his folly requires.”
Proverbs 27:22
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22 You can’t separate a rebel from his foolishness though you crush him to powder.
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Proverbs 29:9
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9 There’s no use arguing with a fool. He only rages and scoffs, and tempers flare.
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