¹² ¶ It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

⁹ ¶ Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the prudence of thy words.

⁴ ¶ Never answer a fool according to his folly lest thou also be like unto him.

⁵ Answer the fool showing him his folly lest he be wise in his own conceit.

⁶ ¶ He that gives responsibility to one who is not able to carry it out is like him that sends a message by the hand of a fool, and he shall drink the damage.

⁷ Like unto the way that the one who is lame walks, so is a proverb in the mouth of the fool.

⁸ As he that binds the stone in the sling, so is he that gives honour to a fool.

⁹ As thorns sunk into the hand of one who is drunk, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

¹⁰ ¶ The great God that formed all things rewards both the fool and transgressors.

¹¹ ¶ As a dog returns to his vomit, so the fool returns to his folly.

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

⁹ ¶ If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rages or laughs, there is no rest.