Proverbs 17:12
Evangelical Heritage Version
12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than to meet a fool in his stupidity.
Proverbs 23:9
Evangelical Heritage Version
9 Do not speak within earshot of a fool,
because he will despise your sensible words.
Proverbs 26:4-11
Evangelical Heritage Version
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly.
If you do, you yourself will become like him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly.
If you do not, he will consider himself wise.
6 It is like cutting off your own feet or drinking violence[a]
when a person sends messages in the hand of a fool.
7 The legs of a lame person dangle.
So does a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8 Giving honor to a fool is
like tying a stone in a slingshot.
9 A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is like a thorn in a drunkard’s hand.
10 One who hires a fool or someone just passing by
is like an archer who wounds at random.[b]
11 As a dog returns to his vomit,
so a fool repeats his stupidity.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 26:6 Or poison
- Proverbs 26:10 The meaning of this verse is uncertain.
Proverbs 27:22
Evangelical Heritage Version
22 Even if you grind a stubborn fool
like grain with a mortar and pestle,
his stupidity will not leave him.
Proverbs 29:9
Evangelical Heritage Version
9 When a wise person seeks justice from a stubborn fool,
the fool rants and laughs, and there is no peace.
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