¹² Let a ^(A)man meet a ^(B)bear robbed of her cubs,
Rather than a fool in his folly.

^9 (A)Do not speak in the ^[a]hearing of a fool,
For he will ^(B)despise the insight of your speech.

^4 (A)Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest you yourself also be like him.
^5 (B)Answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest he be ^(C)wise in his own eyes.
⁶ He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence
Who sends words by the hand of a fool.
⁷ Like the legs which hang limp on the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
⁸ Like ^[a]one who binds a stone in a sling,
So is he who gives glory to a fool.
⁹ Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a drunkard,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
^10 [b]Like an archer who wounds everyone,
So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.
¹¹ Like ^(D)a dog that returns to its vomit
Is a fool who ^(E)repeats ^[c]his folly.

⁹ When a wise man is brought into judgment with a man who is an ignorant fool,
^[a]The ignorant fool both rages and laughs, and there is no rest.